Person
Jerome Nelson
Also known as Jerry Nelson
- Former USAF Atlas F ICBM deputy missile combat crew commander, 579th Strategic Missile Squadron, Walker AFB (1962–1965)
Jerome Nelson was a U.S. Air Force Atlas F missile crew officer with the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, from 1962 to 1965. At the 2010 National Press Club press conference he described guards' reports of a lit object hovering over his silo. Confined to the launch control center, he did not see it himself.
Sources: National Press Club press conference (2010)
Facts and claims
- claimed He says that in the winter of 1963–64, on alert in the launch control center at Atlas site 9 west of Roswell, his topside guard reported a fully illuminated round object hovering silently over the silo and shining a light down on it. He says it happened several more times, and that the base command post's response was dismissive. — Jerome Nelson Source: UFOs and Nukes press conference, National Press Club (27 September 2010) at 28:37
Connected files
Events
- UFOs and Nukes press conference, National Press Club (testified in)