1 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:26,909 good afternoon my name is your own 2 00:00:20,939 --> 00:00:30,268 Nelson from 1962 to 1965 I was an atlas 3 00:00:26,910 --> 00:00:34,350 self ICBM deputy missile combat crew 4 00:00:30,268 --> 00:00:38,269 commander assigned to the 579 strategic 5 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:38,270 missile squadron in Roswell New Mexico 6 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:46,829 sometime during the winter of 1963 7 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:49,320 through 1964 while I was on alert duty 8 00:00:46,829 --> 00:00:54,530 in the launch control center at Atlas 9 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:56,460 site nine west of Roswell my top sites 10 00:00:54,530 --> 00:00:58,739 security guard called me on the 11 00:00:56,460 --> 00:01:03,320 telephone and reported a bright light 12 00:00:58,738 --> 00:01:06,478 that is if that is a fully illuminated 13 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:08,700 round object was hovering silently over 14 00:01:06,478 --> 00:01:12,688 the missile silo and shining a light 15 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:14,700 down on to it I could tell that he was 16 00:01:12,688 --> 00:01:17,519 serious in his voice revealed he was 17 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:20,030 very frightened after perhaps five 18 00:01:17,519 --> 00:01:23,519 minutes the object left the vicinity 19 00:01:20,030 --> 00:01:26,099 even before it left i call the base 20 00:01:23,519 --> 00:01:29,099 command post at Walker Air Force Base 21 00:01:26,099 --> 00:01:30,949 and reported the incident I was 22 00:01:29,099 --> 00:01:34,709 concerned the object which somehow 23 00:01:30,950 --> 00:01:37,049 sabotage the missile I was surprised by 24 00:01:34,709 --> 00:01:40,099 the response i received being told that 25 00:01:37,049 --> 00:01:43,560 the command post would take when the 26 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:47,368 unauthorized excursion under advisement 27 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:50,100 I was never debriefed by my commander or 28 00:01:47,368 --> 00:01:54,599 anyone else which I found quite puzzling 29 00:01:50,099 --> 00:01:56,849 and frustrating over the next month or 30 00:01:54,599 --> 00:01:59,459 so this type of incident occurred 31 00:01:56,849 --> 00:02:02,459 several more times while I was on duty 32 00:01:59,459 --> 00:02:06,739 at site 9 i would estimate the total 33 00:02:02,459 --> 00:02:09,538 number as more than 30 but fewer than 10 34 00:02:06,739 --> 00:02:12,269 on each occasion i would call the 35 00:02:09,538 --> 00:02:13,919 command post but each time i report was 36 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:17,090 met with the same a pair 37 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:20,579 our indifference during each of these 38 00:02:17,090 --> 00:02:24,539 incidents are witnessed the guard would 39 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:27,300 call the launch control center and 40 00:02:24,539 --> 00:02:29,699 report the UFO several guards were 41 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:32,670 involved over time and were all 42 00:02:29,699 --> 00:02:36,568 obviously frightened by the object 43 00:02:32,669 --> 00:02:39,899 hovering over the site their voices were 44 00:02:36,568 --> 00:02:42,238 actually trembling because of my duties 45 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:44,430 in the launch control center I could not 46 00:02:42,239 --> 00:02:48,539 go topside and look at the objects 47 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:51,450 myself only decades later that I did I 48 00:02:48,539 --> 00:02:54,989 learn that at least one missile facility 49 00:02:51,449 --> 00:02:57,179 technician Bob Kaplan had been ordered 50 00:02:54,989 --> 00:03:00,239 to report to the Office of Special 51 00:02:57,180 --> 00:03:04,580 Investigations own base and make a 52 00:03:00,239 --> 00:03:10,590 report about the similar incident he had 53 00:03:04,580 --> 00:03:13,080 witnessed at site 9 during the period at 54 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:15,989 the time this development was kept from 55 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:18,269 me and my missile commander I do not 56 00:03:15,989 --> 00:03:24,530 know whether anyone else was interviewed 57 00:03:18,269 --> 00:03:24,530 by the OSI but I wasn't that's my report 58 00:03:29,530 --> 00:03:31,590 you