© Gannett News ServiceOn the night of Feb. 6, 1975, Marine Reserve Squadron Capt. Larry Jividen was piloting this T-39D Sabreliner combat trainer and utility aircraft with a crew of five aboard when they encountered a UFO over the Gulf of Mexico.
On the night of Feb. 6, 1975, then Marine Reserve Squadron Capt. Larry Jividen was piloting a T-39D Sabreliner combat trainer and utility aircraft with a crew of five aboard.
The two-hour flight, which began around sunset, took off and landed at Pensacola Naval Air Station. As the Sabreliner was returning from the training mission, Jividen said he noticed the aircraft was being paced by a circular red light.
"He was the one individual I thought would be credible to tell the story to," Jividen said.
After being featured in Alexander's new edition, which was released March 28, and a recent Huffington Post story, Jividen is in the national UFO spotlight.
Jividen lived in the Pensacola-area from 1969 to 1976 while he was a flight instructor for the Marine Corps aboard Pensacola Naval Air Station.
He was a Marine Corps pilot for nine years.
During the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for "heroism and extraordinary achievement" for piloting a helicopter extracting a Marine reconnaissance team that was under heavy fire.
