Jerome Nelson's Atlas missile site sighting
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Contents 7
| Date | Late 1963 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Military encounters (topic) |
| People | Jerome Nelson, Robert Hastings |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 66 |
| Year | 1963 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1963 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
Jerry (Jerome) Nelson, a veteran of the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron at Walker Air Force Base near Roswell, New Mexico, described unknown objects visiting his Atlas missile silo, Site 9, during the 1960s.[1]
The account
In an October 2001 Florida Today column by Billy Cox, Nelson, by then a retired pharmacist in Cocoa Beach, said Site 9 had a run of strange night-time security breaches over several months. Objects hovered over the silo and shone lights down on the guards without making any sound. Nelson said he did not see them himself because he could not leave his post. When the crew phoned the base, they were told it would "take it under advisement".[1]
The squadron
The 579th operated Atlas F missiles in underground silos around Roswell from the early 1960s until 1965, when the Atlas F was retired.[1][2]
Similar accounts
Other 579th veterans have described comparable events. Former launch officer Philip Moore told researcher Robert Hastings of a silent light seen hovering over Sites 6 and 8 in late 1964.[3] Hastings, author of UFOs and Nukes, presented six former Air Force witnesses at the National Press Club in Washington in September 2010, arguing that UFOs had monitored and possibly interfered with U.S. nuclear missiles.[4]
Assessment
Nelson's account is second-hand by his own description, since he relied on what the guards reported, and it was told decades later. No official record of the Site 9 events has been released.[1]
People and topics
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Jerome Nelson — Atlas missile launch officer who described a glowing object over his site near Roswell.
- Roswell Army Air Field — The bomber base at Roswell, home of the 509th Bomb Group in 1947.
- Roswell — The New Mexico town at the center of the 1947 crash story.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- UFOs and Nukes — Robert Hastings's book on UFOs at nuclear sites.
On the Timeline
- Dan Sherman and the telepathy breeding claim (January 1963) — Air Force Sgt. Dan Sherman says he was told of a program breeding people with telepathic abilities.
- Holloman landing and hangar claim (1964) (30 April 1964) — A claimed UFO under guard at Holloman AFB; the same day a pilot reports an egg-shaped object.
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References
- Billy Cox, "UFOs haunt missile crews", Florida Today (Oct 2001), via Patrick Gross · ufologie.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- 579th Strategic Missile Squadron site locations — AtlasMissileSilo.com · atlasmissilesilo.com · archived copy
- "Three former U.S. Air Force ICBM launch officers speak out about UFOs", UFOs & Nukes (Robert Hastings, Oct 2013) · ufohastings.com · archived copy
- "UFOs visited nuclear weapons sites, former Air Force officers say", History News Network (Sept 2010) · historynewsnetwork.org · archived copy
- ufohastings.com · ufohastings.com · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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