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Hanford Site

Also: Hanford Ordnance Works; Hanford Nuclear Reservation

facility encounter well-supported 1945–2026 status · verified entity United States, Benton County, Washington

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Hanford Site, B Reactor area
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Place photograph · context

Hanford Site, B Reactor area

Hanford B Reactor area during WWII; historical crop. Location context — not a photograph of any reported object.

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Robert Hastings · 0:13:36

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The plutonium production complex in Washington State. Robert Hastings says pilots scrambled in the late 1940s were told a bogey sat right over the Hanford Ordnance Works and lists Hanford among nuclear sites with recurring UFO reports. Documented site; the reports rest on veterans' testimony.

Where the pin is

46.5500, -119.4900 approximate

Site centroid from public boundary data; the complex covers ~1,500 km².

Benton County, Washington, United States

What is claimed

  • Hastings recounts veterans telling him that a bogey was right over the Hanford Ordnance Works when they were scrambled.

    FACT contested Robert Hastings researcher 2024

    • 0:13:36 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Hastings ▶
      when we got down there they told us that this bogey was out there right over the Hanford Ordinance Works and directed

  • Hastings lists Hanford among nuclear facilities where UFOs consistently appear.

    INFERENCE well-supported Robert Hastings researcher 2024

    • 0:02:06 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Hastings ▶
      from Los Alamos to Hanford to Oakridge to melstrom to Minot to Fe Warren to Savannah

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Hanford Site. Open the full map filtered to this record.

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  • Hanford Site — Wikipedia Wikipedia
  • 0:13:36 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Hastings ▶
    when we got down there they told us that this bogey was out there right over the Hanford Ordinance Works and directed
  • 0:02:06 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) · Robert Hastings ▶
    from Los Alamos to Hanford to Oakridge to melstrom to Minot to Fe Warren to Savannah