Google Website Searches: Focus On UFO Incidents At/Near Strategic Air Command (SAC) Bases

Website: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP.org):

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NICAP.org article:

“Alphabetical List and Histories of All Nuclear SAC Bases by State or Country”

Text by NICAP.org:

“SAC was established on March 21, 1946 as one of three commands of the US Army Air Forces. Initially under General George Kenny at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., SAC headquarters settled at Offutt AFB near Omaha, Nebraska under the command of General Curtis LeMay In October of 1948. The new separate Air Force was born September 18, 1947. Part of the SAC Mission certainly was to provide “long range offensive operations in any part of the world” in the form of a nuclear reach as a deterrent to future aggression.

The Alphabetical Review is a list of bases, air stations, and airports that the United States Air Force has occupied since 1947. Many bases have had name changes, so each separate name has been listed.

AB - Air Base, AS - Air Station, AFB - Air Force Base, AFS – Air Force Station, (M/I)AP - (Municipal/International) Airport, RAF - Royal Air Force Station/Base”

https://www.nicap.org/ncp/sac.htm

Wikipedia article: “Strategic Air Command”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command

Quote from the above Wikipedia article:

“Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense (DoD) Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command (MAJCOM), responsible for Cold War command and control of two of the three components of the U.S. military's strategic nuclear strike forces, the so-called ‘nuclear triad,’ with SAC having control of land-based strategic bomber aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICBMs (the third leg of the triad being submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) of the U.S. Navy).

SAC also operated all strategic reconnaissance aircraft, all strategic airborne command post aircraft, and all USAF aerial refueling aircraft, to include those in the Air Force Reserve (AFRES) and Air National Guard (ANG).

However, SAC did not operate the KB-50, WB-50 and WB-47 weather reconnaissance aircraft operated through the mid and late 1960s by the Air Weather Service, nor did SAC operate the HC-130 or MC-130 operations aircraft capable of aerial refueling helicopters that were assigned to Tactical Air Command (TAC), then Military Airlift Command (MAC), and from 1990 onward, those MC-130 aircraft operated by the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), or any AFRES (now Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)) or ANG tactical aerial refueling aircraft (e.g., HC-130, MC-130) operationally gained by TAC, MAC or AFSOC.

SAC primarily consisted of the Second Air Force (2AF), Eighth Air Force (8AF) and the Fifteenth Air Force (15AF), while SAC headquarters (HQ SAC) included Directorates for Operations & Plans, Intelligence, Command & Control, Maintenance, Training, Communications, and Personnel. At a lower echelon, SAC headquarters divisions included Aircraft Engineering, Missile Concept,[1] and Strategic Communications.

In 1992, as part of an overall post-Cold War reorganization of the U.S. Air Force, SAC was disestablished as both a Specified Command and as a MAJCOM, and its personnel and equipment redistributed among the Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Mobility Command (AMC), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), and Air Education and Training Command (AETC), while SAC's central headquarters complex at Offutt AFB, Nebraska was concurrently transferred to the newly created United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), which was established as a joint Unified Combatant Command to replace SAC's Specified Command role.

In 2009, SAC's previous USAF MAJCOM role was reactivated and redesignated as the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), with AFGSC eventually acquiring claimancy and control of all USAF bomber aircraft and the USAF strategic ICBM force.[2]”

Wikipedia article: “Offutt Air Force Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“Offutt Air Force Base /ˈʌfæt/ (IATA: OFF, ICAO: KOFF, FAA LID: OFF) is a U.S. Air Force base near Omaha, and lies adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska. It is the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the 557th Weather Wing, and the 55th Wing (55 WG) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), the latter serving as the host unit.

Strategic Air Command

At one minute past midnight, on 9 November 1948, Offutt gained international prominence when it became the host base for Headquarters Strategic Air Command, which was moved from Andrews AFB, Maryland. Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington chose to locate the Air Force's crucial long-range atomic strike force at Offutt primarily because the base was centrally located on the North American continent, placing it well beyond the existing range of long-range, nuclear-armed bombers to (then) stay safely out of range of hostile missiles or bomber aircraft.”

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Map of Strategic Air Command (SAC)/

STRATCOM Military Bases, U.S.A. 

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This is a photo I took of Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha,

Nebraska, from an airline while on final approach to Eppley

Airfield. (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org)

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UFO Case Directory (RADCAT): “Green & Red Object Circles Jet, Tracked on Radar (BBU 3969) Feb. 12, 1956 SW of Goose Bay, Labrador”

(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:

“Dan Wilson:

At 10:55 local time two F-89’s were on a routine training mission when one fighter (with pilot Bowen and radar observer Crawford) had visual and radar contact with an object which rapidly encircled the the F-89D. The color of the object was predominatley green with red and seemed to be flashing. The object was estimated to be 3/4 mile away and was observed for about one minute. The other fighter aircraft also had radar contact. About 15 minutes later an object was observed on radar 38 miles SW of Goose Bay by aircraft controllers. No movement. The fighters were vectored upon the object and had radar contact but faded when the aircraft got within 8 miles. (Berliner; FUFOR Index)”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.

http://www.nicap.org/560212goosedir.htm

Wikipedia article: “CFB Goose Bay”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Goose_Bay

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay (IATA: YYR, ICAO: CYYR), commonly referred to as CFB Goose Bay, is a Canadian Forces Base located in the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Its primary RCAF lodger unit is 5 Wing, commonly referred to as 5 Wing Goose Bay.

Cold War history

1950 – The Rivière-du-Loup Incident

Goose Air Base was the site of the first US nuclear weapons in Canada, when in 1950 the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command stationed 11 model 1561 Fat Man atomic bombs at the base in the summer, and flew them out in December.[12] While returning to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base with one of the bombs on board, a USAF B-50 heavy bomber encountered engine trouble, had to drop, and conventionally detonate, the bomb over the St. Lawrence, contaminating the river with uranium-238.

1954 – Construction of the Strategic Air Command Weapons Storage Area[4]

Construction of Strategic Air Command's Weapons Storage Area at Goose Air Base was officially completed in 1954.[13] The area was surrounded by two fences, topped with barbed wire. It was the highest security area in Goose Air Base and comprised

* One guard house

* One administration building

* Three warehouses (base spares #1, base spares #2, supply warehouse)

* Six guard towers

* One plant group building

* Five earth covered magazines for non-nuclear weapon storage

* Four earth covered magazines for ‘pit’ storage (constructed with vaults and shelving to store pit ‘birdcages’)

Design and layout of the Goose Air Base weapons storage area was identical, with only slight modifications for weather and terrain, to the three Strategic Air Command weapons storage areas in Morocco located at Sidi Slimane Air Base, Ben Guerir Air Base, and Nouasseur Air Base, which were constructed between 1951 and 1952 as overseas operational storage sites. The last nuclear bomb components that were being stored at the Goose Air Base weapons storage area were removed in June 1971.[14]

1958 – Construction of the Air Defence Command ammunition storage area[4]

Construction of the Air Defence Command ammunition storage area at Goose Air Base was completed in 1958.[15] This extension to the Strategic Air Command weapons storage area was built directly beside the previously constructed area, with a separate entrance. The buildings built within the area were:

* Three storage buildings

* One guard house

* One missile assembly building.

The storage was being built to accommodate components of the GAR-11/AIM-26 "Nuclear" Falcon, which is normally stored in pieces, requiring assembly before use.

1976 – Departure of the USAF Strategic Air Command and closure of Goose AB[4]

The former U.S. facilities were re-designated CFB Goose Bay (the second time this facility name has been used). The value of the airfield and facilities built and improved by the USAF since 1953 and transferred to Canada were estimated in excess of $250 million (USD).[citation needed]. By 1976 all Strategic Air Command assets had been stood down, and only USAF logistical and transport support remained.

Hosted deployments of units from:

Royal Air Force (United Kingdom) 1942–2005[1]

United States Air Force 1942–1976”

Wikipedia article: “Northrop F-89 Scorpion”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather interceptor built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed for that role from the outset to enter service.[3] Though its straight wings limited its performance, it was among the first United States Air Force (USAF) jet fighters equipped with guided missiles and notably the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons (the unguided Genie rocket).”

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Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada

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U.S. Air Force Northrop F-89D-45-NO Scorpion interceptors of the 59th Fighter Interceptor Squadrons, Goose Bay AB, Labrador (Canada), in the 1950s. 52-1959 in foreground, now in storage at Edwards AFB, California (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)

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UFO News Article: “Where did all the UFOs go?...”

19 March 2019

(The Kenmare News, North Dakota)

The article reports on Robert L. Hastings’ documentary film, UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed and the UFO incidents that occurred at Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases in the United States and military bases in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

The bases that are mentioned in the article are F. E. Warren (located outside Cheyenne, Wyoming), Grand Forks (North Dakota), Malmstrom (Great Falls, Montana) and Minot (North Dakota) Air Force Bases.

Quote from the article:

“And since North Dakota had silos from Cavalier to the Montana line, and south to Cooperstown and Killdeer, it’s no wonder so many people reported UFOs, especially during the 1960s.

Three years ago a number of UFO sightings that had been classified, were placed into the public domain. Almost all of them were sightings that were directly related to an Air Force Base.

The same is true with these more recent Freedom of Information Act requests.”

http://www.kenmarend.com/kenmare-news/upside-down-under/where-did-all-the-ufos-go/

Wikipedia article: “Strategic Air Command”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command

The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was deactivated in 1992.

Wikipedia article: “Air Force Global Strike Command”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command

Wikipedia article: “United States Strategic Command”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command

Wikipedia article: “Cold War”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War

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Map of Strategic Air Command (SAC)/

STRATCOM Military Bases, U.S.A. 

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UFO News Article:
“UFOs vs. USAF –
Amazing (but True) Encounters”, 9 December 1978
(The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida)

The Palm Beach Post reports on the UFO incidents that occurred over U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) bases throughout the U.S. in October/November 1975, among other UFO incidents:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LvEiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ssFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1711,6675784

UFOs were sighted over Loring Air Force Base, Maine (SAC/nuclear bombs), Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan (SAC), Minot AFB, North Dakota (SAC/ICBM), Malmstrom AFB, Montana (SAC/ICBM), at a half dozen ICBM missile launch control facilities throughout Montana and at the NORAD long-range radar station operated by the Canadian Air Force at Falconbridge, Ontario, Canada, according to the article.

NOTE: The article continues on pages 71 and 72.

Federation of American Scientists (FAS) article:
“U.S. Strategic Command Center”:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/cmdctr.htm

YouTube video:
Strategic Air Command 1970s (SAC) Global Shield Exercise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc52T7iz-0o

Quote from Wikipedia article: “Strategic Air Command”:

“SAC was disestablished as a Major Command (MAJCOM) on
1 June 1992. United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM),
a joint/unified combatant command, now performs the primary mission once held by SAC, and is headquartered at SAC's previous facilities at Offutt AFB, Nebraska.”

Federation of American Scientists (FAS) article:
“LGM-30 Minuteman III”:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/lgm-30_3.htm














Strategic Air Command (SAC), U.S. Air Force
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Aerial view of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine

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Aerial view of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana
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UFO Case Directory (RADCAT): “Several Radar Contacts Jan. 28, 1953 Albany and Dobbins, Georgia”

(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:

“Brad Sparks:

Jan. 28, 1953; Turner AFB, Dobbins, Georgia (BBU 2365)

9:40-10:00 p.m. (EST). USAF senior pilot at Moody AFB, Major Hal W. Lamb, apparently saw the setting planet Venus changing color and shape (at 267°-270° azimuth 3° elevation  dropping below horizon, his estimates varying from 250° to 295°-310° azimuth) while flying a T-33, also seen by Turner AFB tower operators (with time errors of about 10 mins). At about 9:40-9:48 (reported as 9:50-9:58) two GCA radar maintenance men at Turner AFB radar tracked 3 moving targets and a stationary target (at due W 270° azimuth 26 miles?). At 10:00 (reported as 10:10), the GCA reported 2 stationary targets at 17 and 27 (or 23­ 27?) miles both 300° azimuth. No visual confirmation though binoculars used. (Jan Aldrich; FUFOR Index)

Dan Wilson:

Jan. 28, 1953; Albany, Georgia

At 9:50 p.m. EST, Albany radio called Turner AFB tower and asked the operators on duty to look west of the field and see if they observed any strange objects. A circular object changing colors from glowing orange to white was observed at 250 degrees azimuth 15 degrees above the horizon. The tower operators watched the object for a period of eight minutes until it disappeared. During this eight minute period GCA was contacted and two maintenance men were doing work on the radar and turned the set on and they reported that they picked up 3 or 4 objects on the scope, 3 moving and 1 stationary. These objects were at approximately 300 degrees at 27 miles. (Dan Wilson)

At 21:35 hours (9:35 p.m.) EST, a pilot flying a T-33 jet aircraft reported that he observed an unusually bright light NW of Albany, Georgia. At first the object appeared to be circular in shape and white in color. When the object was first sighted the T-33 was at 4000 feet and the object appeared to be slightly above the aircraft. At the end of the observation the aircraft was at 10,000 feet and the object appeared to be below the plane. The last 15 seconds of observation the object changed from circular in shape to triangular and then split in two triangles one above the other and then they disappeared suddenly. According to the sighting report radar contact was made with the object by Albany Airport. (Dan Wilson)”

NICAP.org presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to the UFO case.

http://www.nicap.org/530128georgia_dir.htm

Wikipedia article: “Moody Air Force Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_Air_Force_Base

Quote from the above Wikipedia article:

“Moody Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: VAD, ICAO: KVAD, FAA LID: VAD) is a United States Air Force installation near Valdosta, Georgia.

History

The 29th Training Wing was established at Moody Field in 1941 for primary flight training.[2] On 1 May 1945 Moody was transferred to the First Air Force.[2]:351 On 1 November 1945 Moody was transferred to Army Air Forces Training Command.[2]:351 On 1 September 1947 Moody was transferred to Tactical Air Command.[2]:351 On 13 January 1948 the base was redesignated Moody Air Force Base.[2]:351 On 1 December 1948 the base was transferred to Continental Air Command.[2]:351 On 1 April 1951 Moody AFB was transferred to Strategic Air Command (SAC).”

Wikipedia article: “Naval Air Station Albany”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Albany

Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Naval Air Station Albany (formerly Turner Air Force Base and Turner Field) is a former United States Air Force and United States Navy military airfield located in Albany, Georgia.

History

Turner Field (1941-1946)

In mid-1940 the U.S. Army Air Corps approached the city of Albany about the possibility of building a training base near Albany. The city raised the necessary money and purchased 4,900 acres of land which was then leased to the Army for $51 a year. Construction of the base and airfield, named Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Albany by the United States Army Corps of Engineers began on 25 March 1941.[1] On 21 July 1941, the field was named Turner Field in honor of Lt. Sullivan Turner, a Georgia native killed in a midair collision.[2]

Once operational, Turner Field was used for acclimatization training (for foreign trainees) and advanced flight training as part of the 30th Flying Training Wing. Primary flight training in the Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet was done at Darr Aero Tech also in Albany.[3] Under the Arnold Scheme some 5,000 Royal Air Force trainees were trained at Turner Field and Darr Aero Tech between 1941 and 1943.[4] In 1944 Turner Field began training Free French Air Forces pilots to fly the North American B-25 Mitchell of which more than 100 were based at Turner Field.[5]

Turner Field was deactivated on 15 August 1946 and maintained in caretaker status.[2]

Turner Air Force Base (1947-1966)

On 1 April 1947, the airfield was reactivated.[2] On 13 January 1948, it was renamed Turner Air Force Base.

On 20 November 1947 the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing equipped with North American F-51 Mustangs moved there from Langley Field and would remain there until 25 August 1948.[6]

In 1950 the base was transferred from Continental Air Command (CAC) to Strategic Air Command (SAC).[7]

The 40th Air Division was based at Turner from 14 March 1951 to 1 April 1957.[8]

The 508th Fighter-Escort Wing (later renamed the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing) was based at Turner from July 1952 until 11 May 1956.[6]:275

The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was established at Turner in May 1956 and based there until 1 April 1957.

The base was transferred from SAC to Tactical Air Command (TAC) in 1957 when SAC gave up its escort mission, however, the base would be returned to SAC on 1 January 1959 when the 822d Air Division was established there on 1 January 1959.[7]:74–5 The 822nd Air Division would remain at Turner until it was inactivated on 2 September 1966.[9] One of the component units of the 822nd Air Division was the 4138th Strategic Wing which was activated at Turner and received its first combat aircraft when the 336th Bombardment Squadron, equipped with 15 B-52 Stratofortresses moved to Turner from Biggs AFB, Texas. In February 1963, the 4138th Strategic Wing and 336th Bombardment Squadron were inactivated and the 484th Bombardment Wing was activated at Turner to assume the mission, aircraft, personnel and equipment of the 4138th wing.[6]:270–1

In December 1965 it was announced that Turner Air Force Base would be closed.[7]:111

Naval Air Station Albany (1967-1974)

RVAH-14 RA-5C Vigilante over NAS Albany in 1969

The base was recommissioned as Naval Air Station Albany on 1 July 1967.[10]

With the impending closure of Naval Air Station Sanford, Reconnaissance Attack Wing One moved to NAS Albany and it became the main operational base for the Navy's North American RA-5C Vigilante until 1974 when operations were moved to NAS Key West, Florida.”

Wikipedia article: “Albany, Georgia”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_Georgia

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Turner Army Airfield, about 1947 still in its World War II

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Location [of Albany] in Dougherty County and Georgia

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UFO Case Report: “Jan. 8, 1953; Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Wash. (BBU 2323)”

(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:

“7:15-7:30 a.m. (PST). USAF ADC 82nd Fighter Interceptor Sq personnel, including Lt Col squadron commander, all on the ground, saw a green, discshaped or round object about the size of large weather balloon, flying to the SW, with a vertical bobbing motion and sideways movements, at about 8,000 ft, below scattered clouds at 9,000 ft and overcast at 12,000 ft, moving away against the wind from 240° until disappearance due to distance not entering clouds. Also observed by base personnel at Ephrata, Wash., about 10 miles WNW of Larson AFB, driving to work at the base. F-94 airborne at 7:43 a.m. searched for 30 mins but UFO had already disappeared at 7:30 a.m. No radar tracks. (Sparks; BB files; Berliner; McDonald 1968)”

http://www.nicap.org/chronos/1953fullrep.htm

Wikipedia article: “Larson Air Force Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“Larson Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Moses Lake, in Grant County, Washington. After its closure in 1966, the airport facility became Grant County International Airport.

Air Defense Command

Moses Lake AFB reopened as a permanent installation on 26 August 1948, being transferred from Air Material Command to the Air Defense Command (ADC). The initial ADC base operating unit was the 2755th Air Base Squadron. Under ADC, the base came under the Western Air Defense Force, headquartered at Hamilton AFB, California.

Interceptors

The primary mission of Larson-based ADC aircraft was to protect the secret Hanford Atomic Works and the Grand Coulee Dam.

The first ADC flying unit to arrive was the 325th Fighter-Interceptor Group, which arrived on 26 November 1948. The mission of the 325th FIG was to conduct ADC's All Weather Combat Crew Training School. Its operational component, the 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, initially flew Northrop P-61 Black Widows, almost immediately transitioning to the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. A second squadron, the 319th Fighter Interceptor Squadron arrived on 2 September 1949, being reassigned from McChord AFB. The 319th also flew the F-82 Twin Mustang.[8][9] The 325th FIG remained at Moses Lake until being reassigned to McChord AFB on 23 April 1950, along with the 317th FIS. The 319th remained until 9 February 1952 when it was reassigned to Suwon Air Base, South Korea flying F-94 Starfires.[8]

The next ADC unit was the 81st Fighter-Interceptor Wing which arrived from 10 November 1949. The 81st FIW flew F-51D/H Mustangs, F-80C Shooting Stars and North American F-86 Sabres from the base. The 81st remained until 5 September 1951 when it was reassigned to NATO and deployed to RAF Shepherds Grove in the United Kingdom.[10][11] During the Korean War, the 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Washington Air National Guard was called to active duty and activated at Moses Lake. The 116th FIS was deployed as part of the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing to RAF Shepherds Grove.

Tactical Air Command

On 21 April 1952, Larson AFB was assigned to the Tactical Air Command (TAC) under TAC's Eighteenth Air Force, which reassigned the 62nd Troop Carrier Wing from McChord AFB, Washington to the base.

Strategic Air Command

In 1960, control of Larson AFB passed from TAC to Strategic Air Command (SAC) with the 4170th Strategic Wing as the host unit. In 1963, the 4170th was redesignated as the 462d Strategic Aerospace Wing with B-52E Stratofortress and KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft.”

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USGS digital orthophoto of Larson Air Force Base in

the U.S. state of Washington (text by Wikipedia)

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Satellite photo of Moses Lake, Washington (tageo.com)

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U.S. Government UFO Document: “Declassified Strategic Air Command Message” (CUFON.org text)

17 March 1967

(U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: Computer UFO Network (CUFON), Seattle, Washington

Quote from the document (not written in U.S. Department of Defense document format):

“ALL TEN MISSILES IN ECHO FLIGHT AT MALMSTROM LOST STRAT ALERT WITHIN TEN SECONDS OF EACH OTHER. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 0845L ON 16 MARCH 67. AS OF THIS DATE, ASS MISSILES HAVE RETURNED TO STRAT ALERT WITH NO APPARENT DIFFICULTY. INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS BEING CONDUCTED BY MALMSTROM TEST. TWO FITTS HAVE BEEN RUN THROUGH TWO MISSILES THUS FAR. NO CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN DRAWN. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT BOTH COMPUTERS IN BOTH G&C’S WERE UPSET MOMENTARILY. CAUSE OF THE UPSET IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. ALL OTHER SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION AT THIS TIME IS CONTAINED IN ABOVE REFERENCED MESSAGE, FOR OOAMA. THE FACT THAT NO APPARENT REASON FOR THE LOSS OF TEN MISSILES CAN BE READILY IDENTIFIED IS CAUSE FOR GRAVE CONCERN TO THIS HEADQUARTERS.  WE MUST HAVE AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE ACTION AND WE MUST KNOW AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO THE FLEET, IF ANY. REQUEST YOUR RESPONSE BE IN KEEPING WITH THE URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM. WE IN TURN WILL PROVIDE OUR FULL COOPERATION AND SUPPORT.

FOR OOAMA AND 15AF WE HAVE CONCURRED IN A BOEING REQUEST TO SEND TWO ENGINEERS, MR. R.E RIGERT AND MR. W. M. DUTTON TO MALMSTROM TO COLLECT FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM FOR POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN LATER ANALYSIS. REQUEST COOPERATION OF ALL CONCERNED TO PROVIDE THEM ACCESS TO AVAILABLE INFORMATION, I.E., CREW COMMANDERS LOG ENTRIES, MAINTENANCE FORES, INTERROGATION OF KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE, ETC.”

https://www.cufon.org/cufon/malmstrom/sacmsg.htm

Wikipedia article: “Strategic Air Command”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command

The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was deactivated in 1992.

Wikipedia article: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base

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(U.S. Air Force/cufon.org image)

Aerial view of Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana 

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