Area 2 encounters at Nellis
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| Date | October 1998 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Bases & Area 51 (topic) |
| People | Chris Cabrera, George Knapp, Robert Hastings, Christopher Mellon |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 136 |
| Year | 1998 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1998 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
Former Air Force security officer Christopher Cabrera told researcher Robert Hastings that in late 1998 he and three other guards saw a silent triangle of lights over "Area 2", a nuclear weapons storage site on the Nellis range near Las Vegas. Hastings published the account in April 2015.[1]
Area 2
Cabrera, who served in Security Forces from 1998 to 2002 and arrived at Nellis in October 1998, described Area 2 as then one of the Air Force's two main nuclear weapons depots, overseen by the 896th Munitions Squadron. Two- to four-person "Whiskey" patrols covered numbered markers along its perimeter.[1]
The sighting
Cabrera said that one winter evening in late 1998, just before the end of his shift, he and three others saw three very bright amber lights in a vertical triangle, about 100 feet up and roughly a quarter-mile away. The lights faded in and out in sequence at least twice over about ten seconds, lit the area like daytime, blocked out the stars behind them, and made no sound.[1]
Other reports
Cabrera said others at Area 2 reported lights, disembodied voices, shadowy humanoids and claw marks. Hastings added the account of another former security policeman, who served there from 2002 to 2008, who described unexplained lights, intrusion alarms with odd effects, and in 2004 an eight- or nine-foot silhouetted figure that outran security teams. That man later stopped communicating, fearing official repercussions.[1]
Assessment
These are personal accounts given years later, and no official records of the incidents have been released.[1]
People and topics
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- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- Chris Cabrera — Former Air Force security officer who described encounters at Area 2.
- George Knapp — Las Vegas journalist who broke the Bob Lazar story and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
- Nellis Air Force Base — The Nevada air base next to the Nevada Test and Training Range.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- AATIP — The Pentagon UAP effort associated with Luis Elizondo, revealed in December 2017.
- Christopher Mellon — Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence who helped release the Navy UAP videos.
On the Timeline
- Blackburn–Warmkessel drag reduction patent (22 August 1998) — Lockheed's Ron Blackburn patents a technology to improve vehicle efficiency.
- Jehovah teletype (Cooper documents) (November 1998) — An allegedly leaked CIA teletype is given to a researcher.
See every 1998 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Robert Hastings, "Triangular-shaped UFO sighted at the Nellis AFB nuclear weapons storage area", UFOs & Nukes (Apr 2015) · ufohastings.com · archived copy
- Strange encounters reported at 'Area 2' outside Las Vegas — Mystery Wire / 8 News Now · 8newsnow.com · archived copy
- Nellis AFB UFO reports — Patrick Gross · ufologie.patrickgross.org · archived copy
- ufohastings.com · ufohastings.com · archived copy
- mindsublime.blogspot.com · mindsublime.blogspot.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Nevada Test Site — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · 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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