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DoD-B19-023 · 1963-12-19

SAC Headquarters Offutt UFO Report 1963

DoD◎ Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska◌ North America#1963◈ Disc / Saucer↑ 500 feet⏱ 12 minutes
EVIDENCE GALLERY

Visual reconstruction and recovered media extracted from the incident dossier. This case includes still evidence and analytical reconstruction.

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MEDIA STATUS
Official gallery media is shown as representative archive context for this case.
SOURCE TYPE
Photo evidence plus archival field-report analysis.
VIEW MODE
Still view highlights silhouette, environment, and encounter geometry.
AT A GLANCE

A disc hovered over Strategic Air Command Headquarters at Offutt AFB — the nerve center of the US nuclear deterrent — for 12 minutes. SAC command post security police observed the craft. Base radar tracked the contact. The encounter at the most operationally sensitive US military installation — home to the President's airborne command post and the nuclear war-fighting command — was classified at the highest level. SAC's commander was briefed.

PRIMARY WITNESSES
SAC Headquarters security police, SAC command post, base radar
EVIDENCE PROFILE
STILL EVIDENCEDISC / SAUCER
FILE ID
DoD-B19-023
DATE
1963-12-19
AGENCY
DoD
REGION
North America
SHAPE
Disc / Saucer
ALTITUDE
500 feet
OBSERVED BEHAVIORS
Stationary HoverRapid Acceleration
DECLASSIFIED DETAILS

On December 19, 1963, a disc-shaped craft hovered for 12 minutes over Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska — home of Strategic Air Command Headquarters and the most operationally critical US military installation in terms of nuclear command and control. SAC's command post security police observed the craft at close range. Offutt's base radar tracked the contact. The SAC command post notified the SAC Commander in Chief. Offutt was not merely a base — it housed the Airborne Command Post capability that would direct nuclear operations in the event of a Soviet first strike, and its command center contained the operational plans for nuclear war. Any unidentified craft able to penetrate Offutt's airspace and hover over the command complex represented an existential security concern to the nuclear war-fighting capability. The encounter was classified at the highest available level.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS
  • ›Over SAC Headquarters — most critical US nuclear command installation
  • ›Home of Airborne Command Post and nuclear war-fighting plans
  • ›SAC Commander in Chief personally briefed
  • ›Highest-available classification level
  • ›SAC command post security police close-range observation
  • ›Most strategically critical location in US nuclear command hierarchy
ORIGINAL SOURCE

This incident is indexed as file DoD-B19-023inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / OSD, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.

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EVIDENCE STRENGTH
PARTIAL
Video Record
0
Still Imagery
15
Witness Credibility
5
Sensor Corroboration
0
Physical Evidence
0
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