The crew on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley on Monday detected the vessel about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of the Amukta Pass, the Coast Guard said in a Friday statement. A helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak also spotted the vessel.

The vessel was “transiting in international waters but still inside the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone,” which extends 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from the U.S. shoreline, according to the statement.

The Coast Guard vessel did not communicate with the Russian ship but followed it as it moved east, the statement said.

“We met presence with presence to ensure there were no disruptions to U.S. interests in the maritime environment around Alaska” Cmdr. Steven Baldovsky, commanding officer of the Alex Haley, said in the statement.

In July, the Coast Guard while on patrol spotted four Chinese military ships north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands in international waters but also within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said.

Russian and Chinese bombers later that month flew together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, in a new show of expanding military cooperation that U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at the time raises concerns.

The flights weren’t seen as a threat, and the bombers were tracked and intercepted by U.S. and Canadian fighter jets. But it was the first time that Chinese bomber aircraft flew within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. And it was the first time Chinese and Russian aircraft took off from the same base in northeast Russia.

Witnesses claimed that they have seen mysterious things like triangle-shaped unidentified flying objects (UFOs), ghosts and “aggressive” creatures similar to Bigfoot in the “Alaska Triangle,” an area infamous for many unexplained disappearances.

A hotbed of unsolved missing persons cases and UFO sightings

According to the History Channel, there are more unsolved missing persons cases in the Alaska Triangle than anywhere else on Earth. A Discovery Channel documentary also showcased interviews with eyewitnesses of some of the “most mysterious and compelling UFO sightings.”

The Alaska Triangle is a region in northwest Alaska, and in the past 50 years, more than 20,000 people have vanished in the area. To date, no one knows who or what is behind these cases. Some say the disappearances are due to local predators or the rugged, dangerous terrain.

However, legends thrive in Alaska and the ominous history of disappearances in the area has drawn comparisons to another mysterious area: the Bermuda Triangle.

Wes Smith, one of the witnesses, explained that the “very strange” triangular objects he saw didn’t move like any known aircraft.

The low-flying mystery craft was completely silent and did not emit even the tell-tale hum of a drone. Smith added that seeing the triangular objects made him think that everything he knew “has gone out of the window” because the sight was impossible to comprehend.

A little over 11 miles from where Smith witnessed the mystery craft, another Alaska resident captured a strange aircraft on camera.

Michael Dillon said a light suddenly appeared in the night sky and that it moved from west to east. He added that it shot straight up like the so-called Nimitz UFOs at breakneck speed. (Related: Scientist claims NASA discovered ALIEN LIFE on Mars 50 years ago, but the agency may have accidentally KILLED it.)

Dillon believes that what he saw was not a natural phenomenon because if something were to change direction at that speed, like a human, his “body would be liquified.”

The mysteries of the Alaska Triangle extend beyond the skies. Since 1970, more than 20,000 unexplained disappearances have been recorded in the sparsely-populated patch of land between Anchorage and Juneau in the south to Utqiagvik on the northern coast.

After factoring in the rugged area’s low population, the disappearances are more than twice the national average for the United States. Many blame the disappearances on different things, from UFO abductions to magnetic anomalies that interfere with hikers’ compasses.

Some think that the Wendigo, a flesh-eating Bigfoot-type creature, could also be to blame.

Experienced rescue workers have previously been sent to investigate Alaska’s numerous missing-person incidents and have reported hearing phantom sounds. They also said they would sometimes become disorientated and light-headed due to some unknown feature of the desolate Alaskan wilderness.

No one can say for sure if an unknown physical phenomenon is responsible for the lights in Alaska’s night sky.

According to Debbie Ziegelmeyer, a UFO expert, Alaska is “attractive” to alien visitors because it’s sparsely populated. Ziegelmeyer, the Star Team Investigator for the UFO research organization Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), said UFOs can travel wherever they want in Alaska.

Rance Lentz, 41, started his research on UFOs after a strange alien experience when he was a schoolboy. However, a career in the military gave him fresh insight into the phenomenon.

Lentz claims that people report more sightings in areas with “heavy, heavy testing.” He added that people conducting the tests see different lights, along with different things, off on the horizon.

Is it a military spacecraft or proof of alien life?

Despite the naysayers, there are also those who suggest that someone – or something – is attracted by the cutting-edge military technology on show.

Others believe that U.S. military officials might know about the UFO presence on their test ranges.

Jonny Enoch, a hypnotherapist and paranormal researcher, insists there is something strange going on in the Alaska Triangle. He suggests that senior figures within the military are secretly in contact with whoever – or whatever – is piloting the mystery craft spotted by eagle-eyed witnesses.

Aliens have been blamed for the disproportionate number of missing persons reports in the Alaska Triangle, but some paranormal experts believe that there could be a different explanation.

Cliff Barackman, a cryptozoologist, explained that something could be hiding in the Alaskan wilderness. He quipped that with so much space and so few people in the area, “sasquatches basically have the run of Alaska.”

On the other hand, there are those who say that the huge prehistoric man-beast could have attacked the missing people in Alaska. Non-believers think other factors like the inhospitable terrain and the unpredictable weather are the simplest explanations.

Despite the conflicting beliefs of witnesses and naysayers, the many disappearances make it hard to deny that there is a mystery or two to be solved in the Alaska Triangle.

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Sources include:

• DailyStar.co.uk
• History.co.uk
• Brighteon.com