By Francis
Ridge, 3 June 2009
(NICAP.org)
Quote from the article:
“This is one I had missed, probably because it was selected by the Condon Committee and
because the explanations given appeared to indicate it wasn’t that good a case.
It’s a good thing I read about it in Ann Druffel’s ‘Firestorm.’
According to her report (page 399) the incident began
when Vandenberg AFB radar detected a very large stationary object some miles
over the Pacific off the Northern California
coast. Later, radar detected numerous small, but strong, targets traveling
eastward in irregular flight. The location and time of Case #35 was listed in
the Condon Report as ‘South Pacific, Fall 1967.’
The Vandenberg incidents, therefore, possibly
represented a ‘carrier craft’ releasing numbers of smaller UFOs. Large UFOs
like this had appeared off the California
coast from time to time, reportedly hovering for hours some miles at sea. If the
Vandenberg main object was a ‘carrier craft,’ the Vandenberg reports and the China Lake
aviator sighting could possibly be linked. In McDonald’s files, no indication
had been found that he managed to track down the NWC aviator sighting.”
Wikipedia
article: “Vandenberg Air Force Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Vandenberg Air Force Base (IATA: VBG, ICAO: KVBG, FAA
LID: VBG) is a United States Air Force Base 9.2 miles (14.8 km) northwest of
Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air
Force Space Command (AFSPC).
Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and
missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit
from the West Coast using expendable boosters (Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas
V, and Delta IV) and reusable boosters (SpaceX's Falcon 9). Wing personnel also
support the Service's LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Force Development Evaluation program.
In addition to its military mission, the base also
leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX (SLC-4E), as well as 100 acres (40 ha) leased to the
California Spaceport in 1995.
Established in 1941, the base is named in honor of
former Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt Vandenberg.
Vandenberg Air Force base will serve as one of two
Pacific bases to defend against possible North Korean or Iranian missile
threats. The program will have interceptor missiles that will launch to take
down intermediate-range ballistic missiles that pose a threat to the United
States.[3]”
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Aerial
view of Space Launch Complex 6 (1985),
Vandenberg
Air Force Base, California
