Operation Fishbowl

These statements reflect the cited record and are not independent verification.

• Source reportedUnverified

  Michels says Harald Malmgren told him Bluegill Triple Prime was partly intended to bring down a UFO, an object emerged from the detonation plume and Lawrence Preston Gise later gave Malmgren recovered material.

  Michels says Malmgren claimed that the test was partly intended to bring down a UFO, that an object emerged from the detonation plume, and that Lawrence Preston Gise later placed unusual recovered material in Malmgren’s hands at Sandia.

• Source reportedUnverified

  The film says DeLonge claimed the 1962 Starfish Prime nuclear test disabled a UFO and revealed how electromagnetic pulses could affect such craft.

  The narrator says DeLonge claimed advisers identified the 1962 high-altitude nuclear explosion as a moment when the United States brought down a UFO and learned that an electromagnetic pulse could affect such craft.

• InterpretationContested

  Gallaudet says the Bluegill Triple Prime deck-log pattern led him to suspect an anomalous recovery, while an independent public review disputes that interpretation and points to test hardware and ordinary debris as explanations.

  He concludes that he thinks something anomalous was recovered, while stopping short of certainty because he never saw the object himself.