Robert L. Hastings - UFOs & Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites

UFOs and Nukes

Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites

Robert L. Hastings

This book is dedicated to the many courageous individuals who, in the face of continued U.S. government secrecy on UFOs and widespread public ridicule, have come forward to tell their stories. American citizens, and everyone else, owe them a debt of gratitude.

Acknowledgments

I would especially like to thank Jim Klotz, whose ongoing support and guidance have been indispensable; Dan Wilson, for his tireless research assistance; Bob Salas, who has courageously spoken the truth and, in doing so, has prompted many others to step forward with the facts.

I would also like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to this book: Jan Aldrich, Grover Austad, Ike Barker, Hank Barlow, Don Berliner, Walt Billings, Audie Bitschenauer, John Blake, Rick Bobo, Patricia Broudy, Joe Brown, Howard Burgess, Bob Caplan, Jim Carey, Mary Chandler, Joe Chassey, Jerry Clark, Leroy Clark, Peter Davenport, Jay DeSisto, Jim Dunn, Ken Dziewulski, Jay Earnshaw, Tim Egercic, John Erikson, George D. Fawcett, Fred Foss, Ray Fowler, Lou Girodo, Jeff Goodrich, Roger Goss, Barry Greenwood, Loren Gross, Frank Hale, John Haley, Dick Hall, Chuck Halt, Terry Hansen, John Harris, Olin Hasty, Pat Hoyt, David Hughes, Dr. Bob Jacobs, Bob Jamison, Larry Johnson, Brian Junkin, Tom Kaminski, Louis Kenneweg, Ken Kern, Gerald Koertner, Tom Kramer, Gene Lamb, Cliff Lingen, Fernando Loup, Donna Lundquist, Chet Lytle, Larry Manross, Tom Manson, Abe Marquez, Chuck Martin, Arthur McEnaney, Becky Miller, John Mills, Phil Moore, O.P Pote Morrow, Jerry Nelson, Jack Nevins, Jim Ortvl, Bob Peisher, Alan F. Phillips, M.D., Jack Phillips, Dr. Kevin Randle, Lori Rehfeldt, Harold Renninger, Fran Ridge, Ryan Riewer, Dr. Mark Rodighier, Dr. Dave Rudiak, Mark Sampson, Dean Sams, Dave Schuur, Paul Selley, John Smith, A l Spodnik, Joe Stallings, Terry Stuck, Larry Swanson, Dick Tashner, Bob Thompson, Carl Thompson, Tom Tulien. Gabe Valdez, Robert Charlie Waters, Walt Webb, Joe Weinzetl, Keith Wolverton, Ron Wright and W. Todd Zechel.

Finally, deep gratitude goes to my sisters, Dr. Sandra Ruddell and Karen Adkins-Hastings, for their unwavering support and love. And, of course, to Mom, Dad, and Elaine, wherever they are.

According to the U.S. Air Force, in November 1975, multiple UFOsone flew so low its disc shape could be seenwere reported by security police to be maneuvering near, and hovering over, several Minuteman nuclear missile sites outside of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.

This report is merely the proverbial tip of the iceberg. Indeed, periodic UFO activity at nuclear weapons-related facilities has stubbornly persisted over the years and continues to occur. As far as I am aware, the most recent sighting of a UFO near a Minuteman missile site took place in December 2006.

UFOs snooping on nukes. One might ask, Why? Arguably, the most important development in international affairs over last 60 years involves the creation of nuclear weapons. Their use by America against Japan, in August 1945, abruptly and decisively ended World War II. In the decades that followed, until the close of the Cold War in 1991, the ideological clash between capitalism and communism resulted in an ominous nuclear stand-off between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. which kept people worldwide in a perpetual state of anxiety about their continued survival.

That apprehension was warranted. As Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrated, the catastrophic effects of even a single atomic bomb were horrific in the extreme. Once the far more devastating hydrogen bombs began to be tested and deployed in the early 1950s, citizens of every nation were confronted by the stark realization that the next war held the potential for the nuclear annihilation of human civilization.

For much of that tense period, both superpowers engaged in a shared strategic policy known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) whereby each nation vowed, if attacked, to unleash its entire nuclear arsenal against the otherand, unavoidably, the entire planet. In such an exchange, thousands of nukes would have simultaneously detonated in an orgy of devastation.

Apparently this dire state of affairs did not go unnoticed. Although most people remain completely unaware of it, a link between Unidentified Flying Objects and nuclear weapons is now thoroughly documented. Declassified U.S. Air Force, FBI, and CIA files establish a convincing, ongoing pattern of UFO activity at U.S. nuclear weapons sites, decade after decade. Hundreds of such sightingsmany of them verified by radarhave occurred at research laboratories, fissile material production plants, test sites, missile launch facilities, bomber alert pads, and nukes storage areas.

One early FBI memorandum, dated January 31, 1949, refers to the repeated observation of Flying Discs, Flying Saucers, and Balls of Fire at or near Los Alamos, New Mexicothe birthplace of nuclear weaponsas early as December 1948. The memo then emphasizes, This matter is considered top secret by Intelligence Officers of both the Army and the Air Forces.

Based on these documents, and other evidence, it is the contention of the author that there exists a credible connection between the appearance of nuclear weapons in the mid-1940s, and the overall increase in UFO sightings worldwide since that time. Moreover, it is probable that one of the reasons the U.S. government has attempted to conceal its extensive knowledge of the UFO phenomenon is its apprehension about having to acknowledge that unknown observers, piloting enormously superior aerial craft, have been systematically monitoringand, as you will learn, occasionally tampering withour nuclear weapons.

As incredible as this claim may seem, it is nevertheless based on persuasive, documented data amassed over four decades by a dedicated group of UFO investigators. Hundreds of routinely-declassified U.S. government documents, as well as many others painstakingly pried loose by researchers through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), clearly establish a UFO-nuclear weapons link. Moreover, scores of former military men have gradually come forward to confirm their involvement in one UFO-related incident or another at U.S. nuclear weapons sites. While some of these accounts have been a matter of public record for years, many others will be publicly presented in this book for the first time.

During the past 35 years, I have personally interviewed nearly 100 former and retired U.S. Air Force (USAF) personnel regarding their involvement in such cases. These individuals, ranging from retired colonels to former airmen, describe extraordinary encounters which have obvious national security implications. At the time of their UFO experiences, my ex-USAF sources held positions ranging from nuclear missile launch and targeting officers, to missile maintenance personnel, to missile security police. The incidents they describe occurred between 1962 and 1996, at Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (1CBM) sites controlled by Malmstrom, Minot, F.E. Warren, Ellsworth, Vandenberg, and Walker Air Force Bases (AFBs). Other former Air Force personnel report UFO activity at nuclear Weapons Storage Areas (WSAs) at Wurtsmith and Loring AFBs, where B-52 nuclear bomber squadrons were once based, as well as at the WSA at RAF Bentwaters, an American base in England.

Among the Air Force veterans Ive interviewed are those who held positions of authority, including one base commander, one deputy base commander, and three squadron commanders, all of whom will be identified in this book. Admittedly, the testimony provided by these sources is anecdotal, not scientific, evidence. Nevertheless, it is offeredsometimes reluctantlyby those who were once entrusted by the U.S. government with the operation or security of weapons of mass destruction. As such, each source was subjected to, and passed, rigorous background checks and personality tests designed to determined with a reasonable degree of certainty their psychological stability and reliability.