No one knows exactly what happened. The facts are these:the operator of the AN/SPS 10 radar reported that he had a surface contact that was intermittent. The range was 10 miles and course and speed indicated that it was headed for the Truxtun. Moments later, the operator of the AN/SPS 48 radar also confirmed the contact but he said that the contact was airborne. Some confusion was generated by these conflicting reports. The speed reported by the 10 radar operator was 20 knots, consistent with a torpedo boat, which the North Vietnamese were known to have.
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