Nevada weapons storage orb (2002)
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| Date | October 2002 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| People | Robert Hastings, George Knapp |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 150 |
| Year | 2002 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2002 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 3 |
Nevada weapons storage orb (2002) — A three-foot orb is reported moving along fences at a Nevada nuclear weapons storage area.
According to the testimony, in October 2002 security personnel reported a glowing orb about three feet across moving along the fences of a nuclear weapons storage area in Nevada. The site is usually identified as "Area 2", a triple-fenced compound on the Nellis range, visible at night from Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas.
The testimony's source is Robert Hastings's book UFOs and Nukes. Separately, former security officers have told reporter George Knapp's Mystery Wire about UFOs and strange intruders around the Area 2 bunkers, including a shadowy humanoid figure, and said commanders told them the incidents never happened.
The specific 2002 orb report has no published primary source, such as an incident log, and the witnesses aren't named in public records. It fits the long pattern of reports of unknown objects at U.S. nuclear facilities.
People and topics
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- Nellis Air Force Base — The Nevada air base next to the Nevada Test and Training Range.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- UFOs and Nukes — Robert Hastings's book on UFOs at nuclear sites.
- George Knapp — Las Vegas journalist who broke the Bob Lazar story and co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
On the Timeline
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- Wilson–Davis notes (16 October 2002) — Eric Davis allegedly meets Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson about a secret UAP program.
- Gary McKinnon (November 2002) — Hacker Gary McKinnon is arrested and claims he saw a UAP image in NASA files.
See every 2002 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Area 2 (Nevada National Security Site) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Strange encounters reported at 'Area 2' — Mystery Wire / 8 News Now · 8newsnow.com · archived copy
- amazon.com · amazon.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Nevada Test Site — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- U.S. congressional hearings on UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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