Retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant. Oversaw a tracking telescope at Vandenberg AFB in 1964 that recorded what he describes as an unknown object disabling a dummy warhead mid-flight during a missile test.
Lt. Robert Jacobs is a former United States Air Force officer who managed a telescopic camera crew at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1964. He claims to have filmed a saucer-shaped UAP intercepting an Atlas missile dummy warhead during flight, circling it, and disabling it with beams of directed light. Jacobs's key contribution is his testimony regarding the existence of this film, which he states was immediately confiscated by intelligence officers and suppressed from the public record. He has spent decades attempting to expose the reality of this event, often facing significant professional and personal blowback from skeptics and military officials. His account represents one of the most compelling allegations of UAP interference with ballistic missile testing.