Robert Jacobs
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Robert Jacobs · 0:25:50
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedBob Jacobs · 0:02:42
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedAmerican Alchemy · 0:02:10
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedJacobs, then a lieutenant filming missile tests at Vandenberg, says the film of an Atlas launch showed a disc firing beams at the warhead and that Major Florenze Mansmann ordered him to stay silent. Mansmann confirmed the account before his death. The corpus cites the case.
Who
| Role | Former USAF officer who says a 1964 film showed an object disabling a dummy warhead over Big Sur |
|---|---|
| Side | military |
| Status | verified public figure (does the person exist and hold the stated position — not whether their claims are true) |
Interviews and appearances
- 0:02:10 "I Was Taken By Aliens At a Nuclear Base!" -Air Force Veteran | MEMBERS RELEASE 7 February 2026 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 0:02:11 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens 9 February 2026 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 1:11:33 “Tesla's Technology is Still Classified!" (Ft. Senate Staffer Kirk McConnell) 2 April 2025 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 0:04:44 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) 24 December 2024 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 1:09:00 "I Located A UFO Base In Arizona!" -Ross Coulthart 21 June 2025 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 0:14:08 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…) | MEMBERS RELEASE 8 July 2026 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 2:37:01 The Most Important UFO Investigator On The Planet (ft. James Fox) 28 September 2024 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 0:14:12 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) 9 July 2026 discussed ▶ YouTube
- 0:08:53 The Wall Street Journal Is Lying About UFOs 13 June 2025 discussed ▶ YouTube
Claims made
Robert Jacobs recounts being tasked at Vandenberg in 1964 to film an Atlas missile launch with a large tracking telescope and later describing an anomalous object interacting with the warhead/reentry vehicle imagery.
- 0:25:50 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Jacobs ▶
thing fast forward to 1964 we're on vandenbberg Air Force Base in California called Atlas testing dummy nuclear warheads being launched from intercontinental ballistic missiles a photo instrumentation specialist Lieutenant Bob Jacobs was tasked with capturing the launch of two
- 0:25:50 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Jacobs ▶
In an inserted clip, Bob Jacobs restated his September 1964 account: at Big Sur he filmed an Atlas dummy-warhead test, an object flew into frame and fired beams at the warhead, which then tumbled; Major Mansmann screened the film for him with two unidentified men present and told him 'it never happened'.
- 0:02:42 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens · Bob Jacobs ▶
suddenly into that frame an object flew in chasing
- 0:02:42 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens · Bob Jacobs ▶
Jacobs stated he retains DD214 and officer efficiency reports confirming his USAF photographic role, countering claims he was never in the Air Force.
- 0:30:06 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Jacobs ▶
anybody named Robert Jacobs in charge of the 1369 photographic a 100 people so it's pretty easy for corroborate yeah I had 13 guys working for me and I had two two friends from college who are my commanding people and I also have something called dd14 I have I have records here
- 0:30:06 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Jacobs ▶
An unknown object interfered with an Atlas dummy warhead in flight in September 1964 — the world-claim of the Jacobs case.
- 0:21:08 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens · Bob Jacobs ▶
At which time the dummy warhead did this, and fell out of the frame
- 0:21:08 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens · Bob Jacobs ▶
Mentioned in the corpus
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UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) 24 December 2024
- 0:04:44 ▶ interview
- 0:25:50 ▶ Robert Jacobs
thing fast forward to 1964 we're on vandenbberg Air Force Base in California called Atlas testing dummy nuclear warheads being launched from intercontinental ballistic missiles a photo instrumentation specialist Lieutenant Bob Jacobs was tasked with capturing the launch of two
- 0:30:06 ▶ Robert Jacobs Jacobs stated he retains DD214 and officer efficiency reports confirming his USAF…
anybody named Robert Jacobs in charge of the 1369 photographic a 100 people so it's pretty easy for corroborate yeah I had 13 guys working for me and I had two two friends from college who are my commanding people and I also have something called dd14 I have I have records here
Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens 9 February 2026
- 0:02:11 ▶ interview
- 0:02:42 ▶ Bob Jacobs
suddenly into that frame an object flew in chasing
- 0:21:08 ▶ Bob Jacobs An unknown object interfered with an Atlas dummy warhead in flight in September 1964 —…
At which time the dummy warhead did this, and fell out of the frame
"I Was Taken By Aliens At a Nuclear Base!" -Air Force Veteran | MEMBERS RELEASE 7 February 2026
“Tesla's Technology is Still Classified!" (Ft. Senate Staffer Kirk McConnell) 2 April 2025
"I Located A UFO Base In Arizona!" -Ross Coulthart 21 June 2025
I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…) | MEMBERS RELEASE 8 July 2026
The Most Important UFO Investigator On The Planet (ft. James Fox) 28 September 2024
I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) 9 July 2026
The Wall Street Journal Is Lying About UFOs 13 June 2025
Named in 21 uploads (automatic name matching, 70 mentions)
- Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens ×14
- "I Was Taken By Aliens At a Nuclear Base!" -Air Force Veteran | MEMBERS RELEASE ×14
- “Tesla's Technology is Still Classified!" (Ft. Senate Staffer Kirk McConnell) ×8
- UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) ×7
- "I Located A UFO Base In Arizona!" -Ross Coulthart ×5
- I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) ×3
- I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly…) | MEMBERS RELEASE ×3
- The Most Important UFO Investigator On The Planet (ft. James Fox) ×2
- The Wall Street Journal Is Lying About UFOs ×2
- “This UFO Shut Down 10 Nukes!” - Air Force Officer Robert Salas ×1
- The CIA Scientist That Contacted an Alien Council ×1
- Did Oppenheimer Work on UFOs? ×1
- Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction ×1
- The Defense Secretary Killed Over UFOs (Ft. Richard Dolan) ×1
- and 7 more
On the map
Vandenberg / Big Sur (1964 Atlas test), Big Sur / Vandenberg missile-film claim (September 1964). Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 0:25:50 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Jacobs ▶
thing fast forward to 1964 we're on vandenbberg Air Force Base in California called Atlas testing dummy nuclear warheads being launched from intercontinental ballistic missiles a photo instrumentation specialist Lieutenant Bob Jacobs was tasked with capturing the launch of two
- 0:02:42 Meet the Nuclear Missile Guard Abducted by Aliens · Bob Jacobs ▶
suddenly into that frame an object flew in chasing
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