Robert Hastings
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Hastings |
| On the Timeline | 16 events, 1960–2022 |
Robert Lambert Hastings (born 6 May 1950) is an American UFO researcher, author and filmmaker known for his claims that UFOs have monitored and interfered with nuclear weapons sites. He wrote UFOs and Nukes (2008) and organised a 2010 press conference of former Air Force officers on the subject.[1]
Early life
Hastings was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana, where as a teenager Hastings worked as a janitor in the control tower; he says that in March 1967 he saw controllers tracking five UFOs on radar near the base's missile silos. He earned a degree in photography from Ohio University in 1972 and later worked as a photographic technician at Northern Illinois University and as a laboratory analyst at Philips Semiconductors in Albuquerque from 1988 to 2002.[1][2]
Research
Hastings has interviewed more than 160 veterans about UFO incidents at nuclear facilities. His book UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites appeared in 2008, with a second edition in 2017, and he co-wrote Confession: Our Hidden Alien Encounters Revealed (2019) with Bob Jacobs. He has given talks at hundreds of American colleges and universities.[1][3]
Press conference and film
On 27 September 2010 he hosted a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where former officers including Robert Salas described incidents at missile bases. He directed the documentary UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed (2016).[1][4]
Views and criticism
Hastings argues that Earth is being visited by beings interested in the nuclear arms race and that governments have covered up the evidence for decades. Skeptic Benjamin Radford has said his claims add no new evidence to old and discredited reports.[1][5]
On the UAP Timeline
- Ben Guerir guards' sighting (1960) (1960) — An airman in Morocco says glowing UAP prompted jet fighters to scramble.
- Jerome Nelson's Atlas missile site sighting (Late 1963) — An Atlas missile launch officer's affidavit describes a glowing round UAP over his site in New Mexico.
- Philip Moore's Atlas missile site sighting (Late 1964) — An Atlas launch officer reports a UAP near his missile site in New Mexico.
- F.E. Warren missile site sightings (1965) (31 July 1965-2 August 1965) — An Air Force memo logs 148 objects reported by 143 personnel at F.E. Warren missile sites.
- Dyess AFB weapons storage incident (1973) (October 1973) — A security policeman at Dyess AFB says his squadron encountered a UAP near nuclear bombers.
- Malmstrom Romeo-29 incident (1974) (March 1974) — A large glowing object hovers over a Minuteman launch facility at Malmstrom AFB, Montana.
- Army missile exercise phenomena (1973–74) (17 July 1974) — An Army spokesman says unexplained aerial phenomena were seen during missile exercises.
- Mario Woods incident at Ellsworth AFB (1977) (November 1977) — An Ellsworth AFB security airman says a UAP answered his spotlight signals.
- John Mills and the Vandenberg warhead films (1984/1985) — An Air Force technician says he saw film of UAP interacting with test warheads.
- Area 2 encounters at Nellis (October 1998) — A security airman at a Nevada nuclear depot describes a UAP encounter.
- Nevada weapons storage orb (2002) (October 2002) — A three-foot orb is reported moving along fences at a Nevada nuclear weapons storage area.
- Chester Lytle's Kirtland sighting (1 January 2008) — A Manhattan Project contractor says he saw a domed disc through a telescope during a nuclear test.
- UFOs and Nukes press conference (27 September 2010) — Former military officers hold a press conference about UAP at nuclear weapons sites.
- F.E. Warren missile communications outage (2010) (23-24 October 2010) — F.E. Warren AFB personnel see a cigar-shaped UAP; 50 Minuteman missiles briefly lose contact.
- Fergus County sheriff's log sightings (2012) (19 September 2012) — A sheriff's log records a report of two silent V-shaped UAP near a Montana missile site.
- Nuclear lure plan claim (18 March 2022) — A reporter says a plan exists to draw UAP out using nuclear materials.
References
- Robert Hastings (ufologist) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- M. Timothy Mounce, "The Malmstrom nuclear UFO incident (1967) returns", Meer (23 Jul 2023) · meer.com · archived copy
- "UFO expert Robert Hastings to speak at Virginia Tech", Virginia Tech News (2011) · news.vt.edu · archived copy
- "Ex-Air Force Personnel: UFOs Deactivated Nukes", CBS News (28 Sep 2010) · cbsnews.com · archived copy
- Benjamin Radford, "Did UFOs Disarm Nuclear Weapons? And If So, Why?", Live Science (30 Sep 2010) · livescience.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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