Person
Jeffrey Nuccetelli
Also known as Nuccetelli
- Former U.S. Air Force Security Forces, Vandenberg AFB
Jeffrey Nuccetelli is a former U.S. Air Force military police officer with 16 years of active-duty service, much of it in Security Forces at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, home of the national missile-defence interceptors. Testifying under oath to the House Oversight task force on 9 September 2025, he described five UAP incidents at Vandenberg between 2003 and 2005. He witnessed one himself and investigated the others after fellow service members came to him.
The series began on 14 October 2003, when Boeing contractors reported a huge glowing red square hovering silently over two missile-defence sites. Ryan Graves had already relayed that "Vandenberg red square" account to Congress in 2023. Nuccetelli says patrols later reported a triangular craft larger than a football field over an entry control point, and objects "like flying buildings". The one he saw himself was about 30 feet across. He says the objects seemed to respond to being watched.
His testimony on the records is internally in tension. In his opening statement he said official Air Force records were held by AARO and the FBI. Later he said AARO had told him the records could not be found and had been destroyed under a three-year retention schedule for police records. No official account of the Vandenberg events has been published.
Sources: September 9, 2025 hearing (transcript and video) · July 26, 2023 hearing (Graves)
Facts and claims
- claimed Testified about five separate UAP incidents between 2003 and 2005. He witnessed one himself and formally investigated the others after six fellow service members came to him. — Jeffrey Nuccetelli Source: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection at 35:30
- documented He introduced himself under oath as a former military police officer with 16 years of active-duty service in the U.S. Air Force. — Jeffrey Nuccetelli Source: Hearing transcript: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (Sept 9, 2025)
- documented He testified that the incursions began on 14 October 2003, when Boeing contractors reported a massive glowing red square silently hovering over two missile-defence sites, and that “Official Air Force records of this event are in possession by AARO and the FBI.” — Jeffrey Nuccetelli Source: Hearing transcript: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (Sept 9, 2025)
- documented Later in the hearing he said AARO had followed up with him at least twice and told him it could not locate any records, which the Air Force had destroyed; he says he holds a FOIA reply stating that the Air Force destroys all police records on a three-year schedule. — Jeffrey Nuccetelli Source: Hearing transcript: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (Sept 9, 2025)
- claimed He says five shaken witnesses described a triangular craft larger than a football field hovering silently for about 45 seconds over their entry control point, that other square objects were “like flying buildings”, and that the object he saw himself was about 30 feet across. — Jeffrey Nuccetelli Source: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection at 2:45:36
- claimed Describing a pattern across the encounters, he said someone notices a light, “then the object responds. It performs for you.” — Jeffrey Nuccetelli Source: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection at 1:18:03
- claimed Ryan Graves had told Congress in July 2023 of a witness account of Boeing contractors at Vandenberg seeing a 100-yard red square hover over a launch facility around 2003. — Ryan Graves Source: House holds hearing on UFOs, government transparency | full video at 1:02:58
Connected files
Organizations
- National Reconnaissance Office (statement about)
Places
- Vandenberg Space Force Base (served at) — He described five UAP incidents at Vandenberg between 2003 and 2005 to Congress
Hearings & briefings
Incidents
- Vandenberg “Red Square” incident (witness)
Programs
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (records sought from) — He says AARO told him the Vandenberg records had been destroyed under a three-year retention schedule
People
- Ryan Graves (account relayed by) — Graves had already relayed the “Vandenberg red square” account to Congress in 2023