Big Sur Missile Film Claim
Former USAF Lt. Robert Jacobs later claimed that his Big Sur photographic team filmed an object near an Atlas missile test from Vandenberg in September 1964.
Former USAF Lt. Robert Jacobs later claimed that his Big Sur photographic team filmed an object near an Atlas missile test from Vandenberg in September 1964.
Brief
Former USAF Lt. Robert Jacobs later claimed that his Big Sur photographic team filmed an object near an Atlas missile test from Vandenberg in September 1964. The alleged film has not been produced publicly. Kingston George, a project engineer on the optical program, wrote in Skeptical Inquirer that the imagery showed classified decoy deployment and not an anomalous craft. The card tracks the claim's place in missile-base lore without treating the claimed interference as established.
Metadata
- Date
- 1964-09-22
- Year
- 1964
- Location
- Big Sur / Vandenberg AFB, California
- Region
- United States
- Status
- unconfirmed
- Tag
- unverified whistleblower
- Primary
- Big Sur, California. UFO Filmed Circling Atlas Rocket
- Source type
- catalogue
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- Former USAF Lt. Robert Jacobs later claimed that his Big Sur photographic team filmed an object near an Atlas missile test from Vandenberg in September 1964.
- The alleged film has not been produced publicly.
- Kingston George, a project engineer on the optical program, wrote in Skeptical Inquirer that the imagery showed classified decoy deployment and not an anomalous craft.
- The card tracks the claim's place in missile-base lore without treating the claimed interference as established.
Most Interesting
- Former USAF Lt. Robert Jacobs later claimed that his Big Sur photographic team filmed an object near an Atlas missile test from Vandenberg in September 1964.
- The alleged film has not been produced publicly.
- Kingston George, a project engineer on the optical program, wrote in Skeptical Inquirer that the imagery showed classified decoy deployment and not an anomalous craft.
Timeline
- 1964-09-22 · Encounter
Former USAF Lt. Robert Jacobs later claimed that his Big Sur photographic team filmed an object near an Atlas missile test from Vandenberg in September 1964.
- 1988 · Source record
Big Sur, California. UFO Filmed Circling Atlas Rocket is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- Big Sur, California. UFO Filmed Circling Atlas RocketNICAP archive of MUFON Journal account, 1988
- The Big Sur 'UFO': An Identified Flying ObjectSkeptical Inquirer archive, 1993
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