Organization · Albuquerque, NM
Kirtland Air Force Base
A crowded federal campus in southeast Albuquerque holding Sandia, AFRL's directed-energy and space directorates, DTRA, the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and three KCNSC sites. McCasland commanded AFRL's Phillips Research Site here and later worked for a contractor that sold to it. Garcia worked for KCNSC's New Mexico operation. It is also the site of the 1980 Bennewitz and Doty affair, the template for 'disinformation' stories.
On the record
- Kirtland hosts Sandia, AFRL RD and RV, DTRA, the AF Nuclear Weapons Center and AFOTEC.
- Manzano Base was a tunnelled nuclear-weapons storage site from the late 1940s to 1992.
- KCNSC New Mexico Operations has seven facilities, three on Kirtland, and 400+ staff.
- McCasland was commander of the Phillips Research Site at Kirtland around 2001.
- William Moore publicly admitted at MUFON on 1 Jul 1989 that he helped feed Bennewitz false material.
Claims (11)
On 8 to 9 Aug 1980 a Sandia guard and Security Police saw a disc land or hover in Coyote Canyon near Manzano; it rose vertically at high speed.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
AFOSI and William Moore fed Bennewitz fake documents ('Project Aquarius', Dulce base) to steer him away from real classified tests he was detecting.firsthandSourced, unconfirmed
An underground alien base exists at Dulce, NM.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
Green fireballs seen over Kirtland, Sandia and Los Alamos from Dec 1948 were 'most certainly not' meteors.firsthandSourced, unconfirmed
Ingrid Lane belongs in the cluster as a Sandia quantum staffer.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
McCasland and Garcia, both Kirtland-centred, walked away from Albuquerque homes with handguns six months apart, which suggests a pattern.analysisSourced, unconfirmed
The January 1953 Robertson Panel agenda lists 'Project Pounce', proposed from Kirtland after the Aug 1952 Albuquerque sightings (an F-94C photo-flight plan, shelved for lack of aircraft per Ruppelt).National Reconnaissance Office - UFO Crash Retrievals, Surveillance, and Legacy Program GatekeepersfirsthandOn the recordRobertson Panel agenda; Ruppelt (1956), cited by UAP Gerb
The Air Force Special Weapons Center was at Kirtland 1949-76; Eric Henry Wang, head of Wright Air Development Center's Department of Special Studies, moved to its research directorate in 1956; Sandia Base merged into Kirtland in 1971; AFOTEC is headquartered there.The Hidden Wing - US Air Force UFO Reverse Engineering ProgramsfirsthandOn the recordAir Force histories; Wang obituary (Mechanical Engineering, Apr 1961), cited by UAP Gerb
Manzano held underground facilities, confirmed by FOIA to Richard Sauder.Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.Bs.) - UFO Legacy ProgramsfirsthandOn the recordFOIA reply to Richard Sauder (cited by UAP Gerb)
UFOs were kept in Manzano storage.anonymousLeadLeonard Stringfield
Kirtland/Sandia is a south-west hub of a linked network of deep underground sites.Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.Bs.) - UFO Legacy ProgramsspeculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
Connected
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) orgAir Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) orgDr. Alexander V. Neimark personDr. Christopher Adams (as listed) personMaj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland personRichard Doty personSteven Garcia personUAP Gerb (Sam) personSOM1-01: Extraterrestrial Entities and Technology, Recovery and Disposal (1954) document
Sources
- Wikipedia, Kirtland AFB
- Wikipedia, Paul Bennewitz
- CLUI, Kirtland AFB
- DOE EA-2231 FONSI (KCNSC NM)
- en.wikipedia.org
- mirror.cyberbits.eu
- www.newsweek.com
- alisav.substack.com
- www.santafenewmexican.com
- UAP Gerb: the National Reconnaissance Office
Mentioned on (5)
- UAP Gerb: Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.Bs.) - UFO Legacy Programs
- UAP Gerb: The Hidden Wing - US Air Force UFO Reverse Engineering Programs
- UAP Gerb: 9/8/24 Discussing Steven Greer London Live Event
- UAP Gerb: The Majestic-12 Documents [With Ryan S. Wood]
- UAP Gerb: National Reconnaissance Office - UFO Crash Retrievals, Surveillance, and Legacy Program Gatekeepers