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Jeff Nuccetelli: UAP landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2003, OSI told witnesses to be silent and ‘stop reporting UFOs’ - “The craft landed on our flight line. We had a landing with witnesses… credible military witnesses that are still alive and willing to talk…

UnknownNamed sourcesJan 1, 2003, 12:00 AMVandenberg Air Force Base, California

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

3

Timeline

3

Source context

Limited context

46

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

Source provenance

r/UFOs

Live sighting record 401f1e71-e526-4d9b-9bf5-3a3222c73ea2.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Sunlight window

Daytime — sun above horizon

Sighting occurred during daylight hours

Weather

Open-Meteo
Cloud cover2% · Clear

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Meteor activity

Active showerQuadrantids

Nearby infrastructure

AirportSanta Barbara Airport · 45 mi
MilitaryVandenberg Space Force Base · 2 mi
Power plantDiablo Canyon Power Plant · 37 mi
NuclearDiablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant · 37 mi

Environmental signals

Nearest seismicM4.3 · 151 mi

Context notes

Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 1, 2003, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Pacific Time

Location

Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Witness account

Narrative

UAP landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2003, OSI told witnesses to be silent and ‘stop reporting UFOs’ — Jeff Nuccetelli “The craft landed on our flight line. We had a landing with witnesses… credible military witnesses that are still alive and willing to talk… OSI came in and all the spooks came in. They were like, ‘You people need to shut up and quit calling in the UFOs.’”

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Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJan 1, 2003, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

PublishedMar 20, 2026, 10:09 PM

r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.

Signal attachment

Tracked inside the UAP Landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2003, OSI Instructed Witnesses to Remain Silent signal.

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Cover image

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Visual reference carried with the original report.

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Original report

Open

Direct source material from r/UFOs.

telemetry

Environmental pass

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