The following is part of the eyewitness report of eyewitness, Eskin C. Kuhn, in his own words (w. spelling corrections). “It was probably about mid-March [1971] when the C-130 prop plane arrived at the Naval Air Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. From the NAS we travelled by boat along dense jungle lined canal to the Naval Station and site of the Marine Barracks. “I was not stationed to the Barracks; but to 2nd Battallion, 8th Regiment (reinforced), H&S Co., 106mm recoilless rifle platoon. “I had been in Cuba for perhaps four months and the SeaBees were engaged in constructing new barracks for us. . . . We were engaged during the day in physical training, close order drill, gun drill, cleaning and maintenance, classes and other sundry routine . . . including a break for lunch with its attending rest period or free time. "It was during such a free time period, in the middle of the day, that I was outside and witnessed the pterosaurs. It was a beautiful, clear summer day . . . most of the platoon was in the new barracks "hanging out". I was looking in the direction of the ocean when I saw an incredible sight. Sketch by the eyewitness Eskin Kuhn,drawn in 1971, soon after the sightingGitmo PterosaurCopyright 2011 Jonathan Whitcomb, All Rights ReservedEyewitness Eskin C. KuhnUnited States MarineLiving Pterosaurs at Guantanamo BayKongamato in Sudan, AfricaNonfiction Cryptozoology Book, by Jonathan David WhitcombLive Pterosaurs in America,Expanded Third EditionGitmo Pterosaur Seen by Patty CarsonPterosaursin CubaGuantanamo Bay, CubaGitmo Naval BaseHome of the Cuban Pterosaur“I am an artist with sharp eye for detail and was determined to drink in the visage before me for future recording on paper. I saw two pterosaurs flying together at low altitude, perhaps 100 feet, very close in range from where I was standing, so that I had a perfectly clear view of them. “The rhythm of their large wings was very graceful, slow, and yet they were flying and not merely gliding, like turkey vultures do here in Ohio. “. . . The structure and the texture of the wings appeared to be very similar to that of bats: particularly in that the struts of the wings emanated from a "hand" as fingers would ; except that a couple of the fingers were short (as for grasping) and the other ran out to the tip of the wing, others back to the trailing edge of the wing to stretch the wing membrane as a kite would. “The vertebrae of their backs was noticeable, mostly between the shoulders. I would estimate their wingspan to be roughly ten feet. “I recall running to a barracks . . . grabbing Sgt Cunningham by the arm and trying to drag his reticent self outside . . . and corroborrate my sighting, but by the time I could get him outside they were gone.” ###Eskin Kuhn’s “Pterodactyl” EncounterIn her own words, while being interviewed by Jonathan Whitcomb, in 2011, Patty Carson recalls her frightening encounter with the Gitmo Pterosaur (1965 sighting in Cuba, six years before Kuhn’s sighting). “I was around six years old. My brother George was with me, but he was only around four. We were walking down near the boat yards, headed home. We lived at the end of the road, last house, by the radio tower. “ . . . Suddenly it sat up . . . right in front of us about thirty feet away. . . . it leaned to its left and took off . . . in a big hurry . . . and flew to its left and disappeared behind trees and terrain. “It did have a tail and it had a diamond shaped tip, (didn't get to see if it had hairs on it) The skin was a leathery, brownish reddish color. It had little teeth, a LOT of them. The eye was smallish and dark.”###Undisputed authoritative book on sightings across the Continental United States, including CA, NM,TX, AR, GA, FL, SC, NC, OH,VA, NY, ME, WI, KA, MI, etc