The 1964 Vandenberg UFO Incident The Setup: A U.S. Air Force Atlas missile launched from Vandenberg AFB carrying a dummy nuclear warhead. Who Recorded It: A high-speed telescopic tracking camera team led by former USAF Lieutenant Robert Jacobs. The Summary: The footage allegedly shows a disc-shaped UFO fly up to the moving warhead, circle it, and fire four beams of light that disabled the dummy weapon and caused it to crash.