Watch the skies for Ghost Rockets, which received its Texas premiere today at Other Worlds Austin

There's a supreme arrogance to pretending there is no life beyond Earth. But isn't it equally hubristic to think they would traverse inconceivable interstellar distances, just to see us scarcely upright apes? And yet, as Fox Mulder would say, we want to believe.

By Richard Whittaker The Austin Chronicle 12-4-16

Scandinavian documentary Ghost Rockets catches that inner contradiction through the work of Clas Svahn and UFO-Sweden, a nonprofit dedicated to sorting the wheat from the chaff of airborne sightings. Only, so far, it's all been chaff. "My working day is all about ministrepretations," says one of the team, as he rattles off a list of reasoned explanations that debunk every single sighting.

Well, almost every sighting.
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Noted researcher Robert Hastings will discuss his investigations into UFO activity at nuclear weapons sites on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory TONIGHT on June 20, 2016.

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Since 1973, Hastings has interviewed more than 150 U.S. military veterans regarding their involvement in one nukes-related UFO incident or another. On September 27, 2010, CNN live-streamed his press conference in Washington D.C., during which former U.S. Air Force missileers described occasions when several ICBMs mysteriously malfunctioned moments after a disc-shaped craft was observed hovering near their underground launch silos. The full-length video of the press event is available at www.ufohastings.com.

Hastings’ newly-released documentary film UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed is available at www.vimeo.com/ondemand/ufosandnukes.
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Robert Hastings’ UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed will premiere at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, NM, on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00.

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Advance ticket purchase: www.kimotickets.com

The reality of UFO incursions at American nuclear weapons facilities has been convincingly established. Hundreds of U.S. military veterans now openly discuss these ominous incidents and thousands of declassified government documents affirm their assertions.

Over the past four decades, noted researcher Robert Hastings has interviewed more than 150 of those veterans regarding their involvement in one case or another. On September 27, 2010, CNN live-streamed his “UFOs and Nukes” press conference in Washington D.C. during which former U.S. Air Force missileers described occasions when several ICBMs mysteriously malfunctioned moments after a disc-shaped craft was observed hovering near their underground launch silos. The full-length video is available at www.ufohastings.com.

Hastings’ intriguing documentary film, UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed, will premiere at Albuquerque’s Kimo Theater on June 23, 2016. Unlike many of the UFO “documentaries” found on network television nowadays, which contain far more speculation than fact, this film rigorously examines the officially-still-hidden history of UFO activity at nuclear weapons laboratories, test areas, storage depots and missile sites—using authenticated files and the testimony of vetted military eyewitnesses.

The evidence presented makes clear that humans’ deadliest weapons have been, since their development and use during World War II, under intense scrutiny by still-unidentified observers. Among the facilities repeatedly visited by UFOs, according to the documents, were the Sandia and Los Alamos Laboratories.

Significantly, documents smuggled out of Russia in the 1990s confirm that Soviet nukes were also the focus of UFO interest during the Cold War era. More recently, U.S. Air Force personnel have alleged a UFO involvement in one large-scale missile-disruption incident in October 2010. In short, the situation is still unfolding.

When asked to explain the purpose of the film, Hastings says, “Public education. Someone possessing tremendously advanced technology has monitored and even tampered with American and Russian nuclear weapons for decades. My view is that UFOs are piloted by beings from another world. These stunning, nearly unbelievable developments must not be kept secret by a handful of government and military officials. We all have a right to know the facts.”

Hastings will answer questions from the audience following the presentation.

The film is also available at www.vimeo.com/ondemand/ufosandnukes.

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After months of trying to find a proper commercial venue for a lifetime’s worth of research, Robert Hastings has given up on trying to put his documentary in multiplexes and living rooms. Beginning Monday, his “UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed” will go online as a $4.99 rental at Vimeo. A disappointment, to be sure. “I tried to find some network to license it but to no avail,” Hastings states in an email to De Void. “I am told that indy producers have virtually no chance of getting their work picked up by most networks. Some (including History) won’t even accept emails from producers, only distributors. So, a month ago, I contacted Gravitas Ventures – a major film distributor – which did indeed offer us a contract. But its terms were terrible and so we passed. Finally, we just decided to go the Vimeo On Demand route.”

By Billy Cox De Void 4-9-16

Here’s hoping the new Vimeo listing will draw the sort of traffic that’ll make the suits rethink their omniscience, because the story is well told, no frills. To reiterate, Hastings adapted the documentary from his 2008 nonfiction book UFOs and Nukes. Some 150 military veterans and missile engineers have now stepped up to charge that, for decades, America’s weapons of mass destruction have been monitored and tampered with by what Hastings describes as “technologically advanced observers whose identities and intentions remain unknown.” Hastings followed it up in 2010 with a Washington press conference, where half a dozen of those eyewitnesses discussed the ease with which some of the world’s most restricted air corridors had been repeatedly violated, again and again, in brazen fashion. The story made a quick sploosh! of headlines before sinking like a pebble.

Short of springing for cleavage and lipstick, nobody’s figured out how to draw the MSM into a prolonged engagement with something as extreme as The Great Taboo. Not even receptive remarks by a presidential frontrunner have the ability to rouse the MSM from its deep lethargy on UFOs. But as Hastings’ suddenly urgent “Nukes” project makes diamond clear, the nuclear arsenal is exactly where Hillary Clinton’s widely publicized aspirations for transparency on UFOs – “Unless it’s a threat to national security, I think we oughtta share it with the public” – will come spewing out the woodchipper.

In 1994, with public interest in the 1947 Roswell dustup surging in the countdown to its 50th anniversary, Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall granted amnesty to anyone whose security oath might prevent them from assisting the General Accounting Office in its reexamination of the controversy. Widnall’s initiative came too late; most of those in a position to know anything were dead.

Twenty years later, by attaching names and faces of retired USAF personnel to more contemporary official incident reports disgorged via FOIA, Hastings’ project poses a different sort of challenge to Clinton’s pledge — repeated two days ago on CNN by campaign architect John Podesta — to follow a credible open-records policy on UFOs. These veteran officers are very much alive and kicking; their testimony about insolent UFO behavior – hovering in fixed positions over launch control facilities, silencing ICBM communications, provoking futile scrambles by rapid-response teams – is the epitome of national security.

On the upside, the Internet medium does offer a silver lining to Hastings’ platform of lowered expectations.

Originally 47 minutes long, the online version of “Nukes” runs an additional 21 minutes after the credits, which gives three retired airmen an unhurried opportunity to elaborate on what happened in the Northern Plains during the Flower Power age. Maj. Gaylan King, Ellsworth AFB 1966, Capt. Robert Jamison, Malmstrom AFB 1967, and Capt. David Schindele, Minot AFB 1966, sound grateful for the chance to loosen the load.

“I think it needs to be told,” Gaylan tells the camera. “I’m sure a lot of civilians have no idea that there have been things like this happening on bases where nuclear weapons were involved. You hear the crazy stuff about the little green men, but this is probably a little more serious subject.”

For 40 years, long after leaving the military, Schindele followed orders to keep his bleepin’ mouth shut about a UFO-jangled missile disruption that occurred on his watch. Trying to forget about it was impossible. Then, lo and behold, in 2001, via the shiny new World Wide Web miracle, Schindele poked around and discovered a fellow veteran whose testimony synched with his own. His relief is palpable on camera.

“And when I saw that, I said …” Schindele has to pause to check his emotions. “It’s true.” The muzzle, off at last. “A lot of these people have not come out. There were at least a dozen people involved in my incident … There was initially a lot of trepidation because I was told to keep quiet. I had a top secret clearance. But I feel my obligation surpasses that.”

Indeed it does. These men are patriots. Their stories deserve a big audience. But if Hillary Clinton or anyone else advocating “disclosure” is halfway serious about polishing the genie’s lamp, they’ll need a small army of lawyers. And crocodile hide. And as much scrutiny as the Fourth Estate can bring to bear.
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