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Will the US government release footage/photos/testimony from 1964 ?

UnknownNamed sourcesSep 1, 1964, 12:00 AMVandenberg Air Force Base

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

2

Timeline

3

Source context

Limited context

54

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

r/UFOs

Open

Live sighting record 0a8b6afb-41ef-42ad-8a1b-0813761b787e.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Sunlight window

Daytime — sun above horizon

Sighting occurred during daylight hours

Solar window

Sunrise6:36 AM
Sunset7:30 PM
Day length12h 54m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsOvercast
Temperature59°F
Cloud cover82% · Overcast
Wind12 mph

Area activity

Within 2 days1 sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Sep 1, 1964, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Pacific Time

Location

Vandenberg Air Force Base

Witness account

Narrative

The story comes from claims by former U.S. Air Force officer Robert Jacobs and others who said they saw footage of a UFO disabling a dummy nuclear warhead during an Atlas missile test near Vandenberg Air Force Base in September 1964. According to the claim, the object fired beams at the warhead and caused it to fail. submitted by /u/KoseteBamse

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowSep 1, 1964, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Vandenberg Air Force Base.

PublishedMay 11, 2026, 5:03 PM

r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.

Linked event

Grouped into the ATLAS Missile Test incident dossier.

Ledger

Source material

source

Original report

Open

Direct source material from r/UFOs.

telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.