1964 in UFO history
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1964 in UFO history
| Year | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Events | 4 |
| Decade | 1960s |
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Military encounters (topic), Ocean & underwater (topic) |
| Timeline | 1964 on the UAP Timeline |
1964 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 4 events in 1964, mostly about secrecy & cover-up and nuclear & missile sites. People named in these events include Philip Moore, Robert Hastings, Lonnie Zamora, Coral Lorenzen, Robert Jacobs.
Events
- Philip Moore's Atlas missile site sighting (Late 1964) — An Atlas launch officer reports a UAP near his missile site in New Mexico.
- 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.
- Big Sur UFO film (September 1964) — An officer says he studied film of a UAP downing a test warhead over the Pacific; the CIA took it.
- Fort Riley incident (1964) (10 December 1964) — A Fort Riley guard says soldiers were marched toward a large object lit by a helicopter.
People
- Philip Moore — Atlas launch officer at Walker AFB who described a UFO near his capsule.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- Lonnie Zamora — Police officer who reported the 1964 Socorro landing.
- Coral Lorenzen — Co-founder of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO).
- Robert Jacobs — Air Force officer who said he filmed a UFO intercepting a test warhead at Big Sur in 1964.
- Florenz Mansmann — Air Force major who confirmed parts of Robert Jacobs's Big Sur story.
- Kingston George — Engineer who argued the Big Sur film showed ordinary missile hardware.
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
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