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Big Sur missile-tracking film

1964-09 · Vandenberg AFB, California · US
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Lt. Robert Jacobs reported that a USAF tracking telescope filmed a fast-moving object circling a dummy warhead during a missile test, with the warhead failing shortly afterward. The original film has never been publicly released. During an Atlas D missile test launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, a USAF telescopic tracking crew led by Dr. Robert Jacobs allegedly filmed a saucer-shaped object approach the missile warhead traveling at 8,000 mph, circle it, fire four distinct beams of light, and cause the warhead to tumble out of orbit. The film was confiscated by CIA officials, and the event remains a cornerstone of UAP nuclear-interference history.

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