Vandenberg "red square" (October 2003)
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The visual record
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Minuteman III test launch, Vandenberg (2006)
The streak of a Minuteman III test launch over Vandenberg in the early morning of 7 April 2006. The 2003 'red square' report comes from a security officer on this base. Official Air Force photograph · context, not from the night in question.
This image was released by the United States Air Force with · 2006 ↗Public domain — US government workLicence terms ↗American Alchemy · 1:20:10
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedFormer Air Force security personnel and contractors say that on 14 October 2003 a glowing red square about a hundred yards on a side approached Vandenberg AFB from the sea and hovered silently over a missile-defense launch facility for under a minute. A corpus witness says Rep. Luna cited the case and AARO holds the records.
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | 34.7420, -120.5724 approximate · United States |
| Official response | The witness says official Air Force records of the event are held by AARO and the FBI; AARO has not published a finding. |
Reported by
- Jeff Nuccetelli military USAF security forces (retired)
- vandenberg contractors contractor Boeing contractors at the launch facility
Investigated by
- aaro government
Who spoke about it later
- Jeff Nuccetelli 1:20:10 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens ▶ 2026
- Jeff Nuccetelli 1:18:41 “I Spent 3 Years With Tall White Aliens At Area 51" -UFO Whistleblower Charles… ▶ 2025
Mentioned in the corpus
Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens 9 February 2026
“I Spent 3 Years With Tall White Aliens At Area 51" -UFO Whistleblower Charles Hall 11 September 2025
On the map
Vandenberg "red square" (October 2003), Big Sur / Vandenberg missile-film claim (September 1964), House Oversight UAP hearing (26 July 2023), House Task Force on Declassification UAP hearing (9 September 2025). Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 1:20:10 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens ▶
contractors reported a massive glowing red square silently hovering over two missile defense sites. After several minutes, it drifted further east onto the base and vanished over the hills. This event, now known as the Vandenberg
- 1:18:41 “I Spent 3 Years With Tall White Aliens At Area 51" -UFO Whistleblower Charles… ▶
observed a very large 100yard sided, uh, red square uh, approach the base from the ocean and hover at low altitude over one of the launch facilities. Um, this object remained for about 45 seconds or
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