WASHINGTON, DC—A UFO press conference at the National Press Club on Monday saw a group of serious men with serious stories to tell—about UFOs and nuclear weapons. Their gist was that UFOs, directed by a form of intelligence from another planet or another dimension, have appeared, tampered remotely with the nuclear weapons of the United States military, then disappeared—throughout the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and up to more recent times.
The evidence they brought forth was mutually reinforcing: vocally, they delivered eyewitness and secondhand testimony, and on paper they presented half a dozen declassified documents that told the same story.
The witnesses were gathered together by Robert Hastings, a former laboratory analyst and the primary researcher of UFO activity around nuclear weapons, a man who speaks deadpan, and rarely readjusts his spectacles. They were a cross-section of 120-odd former military officials who have testified to similar experiences. Military people are less than one percent of the total number of people who claim to have witnessed UFO activity.
This was the first time that former military officials have given a joint statement on their UFO experiences; the purpose of the gathering was to further the push for publicity on the topic. Eventually, the theory goes, with enough public and media pressure, the US government will be forced to disclose the truth of its knowledge of and evidence of the existence of UFOs.
Weapons Shutdown
Two key incidents the speakers discussed were the shutdown (technically, “failure of strategic alert”) of nuclear missiles belonging to the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, and to the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Similar incidents were said to have taken place at U.S. bases in Ohio, Wyoming, and as far afield as the United Kingdom.
The UFOs referred to were given descriptions that are by now widespread: disc-shaped, cylinder-shaped, or spherical crafts capable of hovering motionless or moving silently at extremely high speeds and making sharp angular movements, possessing many flashing and multicolored lights, and capable of sending forth strong, focused beams of white light.
The credentials of the men gathered appeared impeccable, their demeanors dour, ages advanced, and manners of speech understated.
