F.E. Warren AFB Nuclear Missile Disruption

On October 23, 2010, fifty Minuteman III nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base simultaneously lost communication with their launch control center. It was the largest failure in the history of the 90th Missile Wing. And it occurred while security personnel were reporting unidentified objects over the missile field.

F.E. Warren Air Force Base

F.E. Warren AFB, located near Cheyenne, Wyoming, is one of three Air Force bases that maintain America’s land-based nuclear deterrent. The 90th Missile Wing oversees 150 Minuteman III missiles spread across three states.

These weapons represent a significant portion of America’s strategic nuclear capability. Their reliability is considered essential to national security.

The Incident - October 23, 2010

At approximately 6:00 AM on October 23, 2010, something went wrong in the 319th Missile Squadron’s launch control center:

The Failure: Fifty Minuteman III missiles simultaneously went offline, losing communication with the underground launch control capsule. This meant the missiles could not receive launch commands.

Duration: The communication outage lasted approximately 45 minutes to an hour - an eternity when dealing with nuclear weapons systems.

Unprecedented: Air Force officials called it the largest such failure in history. While individual missiles occasionally experience issues, having 50 simultaneously lose communication was essentially unprecedented.

The UFO Reports

Before, during, and after the missile failure, security personnel reported unusual aerial activity:

The Object: Multiple witnesses described a large cigar-shaped object hovering or moving slowly over the missile field.

Additional Sightings: Other personnel reported seeing bright lights in the sky that didn’t match known aircraft.

Timing: The sightings corresponded with the communication failure.

These reports came from military security personnel - trained observers responsible for protecting nuclear weapons.

Official Explanation

The Air Force eventually attributed the failure to a hardware malfunction:

The Explanation: A problem with a computer processor in the launch control center caused the communication loss.

The Fix: The missiles were restored to full operational status within hours.

However, questions remained:

• Why did 50 missiles fail simultaneously?
• What caused the specific hardware to malfunction?
• Why were UFOs reported during the same timeframe?
• Did the objects have any connection to the failure?

The Pattern

The F.E. Warren incident was not isolated. UFO activity at nuclear facilities has been documented repeatedly:

Malmstrom AFB, 1967: Twenty missiles disabled while UFOs hovered over the site.

Minot AFB, 1966-1968: Multiple incidents involving missiles and UFOs.

Loring AFB, 1975: Unidentified objects over nuclear weapons storage.

Multiple Soviet Sites: Reports from former USSR personnel of similar incidents.

The pattern suggests something or someone with a specific interest in nuclear weapons systems.

Robert Hastings Investigation

UFO researcher Robert Hastings, author of “UFOs and Nukes,” investigated the F.E. Warren incident:

• He interviewed military personnel
• He collected witness testimonies about the UFO sightings
• He documented the timing correlation between the objects and the failure
• He placed the incident in the context of the broader UFO-nuclear connection

Hastings had spent decades documenting UFO activity at nuclear sites. The F.E. Warren incident fit the established pattern.

Security Implications

The incident raised serious questions:

Vulnerability: Can America’s nuclear deterrent be disabled by unknown technology?

Detection: If objects can approach missile sites undetected, what else might they do?

Attribution: If not UFOs, could foreign adversaries have developed such capabilities?

Response: What protocols exist for protecting nuclear weapons from unexplained interference?

The Air Force does not publicly address these questions.

Witness Testimonies

Personnel who served at Warren during the incident have provided accounts:

• Multiple security personnel confirmed seeing unusual objects
• Technical staff confirmed the unprecedented nature of the communication failure
• The timing between sightings and system failure was noted by those present

Most witnesses prefer anonymity due to ongoing security clearances and careers.

The Bigger Picture

Whether the F.E. Warren incident was caused by UFO interference or coincidental technical failure, it demonstrated:

System Vulnerability: Fifty nuclear missiles can go offline simultaneously, whatever the cause.

Pattern Persistence: UFO activity at nuclear sites continues decades after the first documented incidents.

Official Minimization: The government’s tendency to offer mundane explanations while ignoring the UFO reports.

What Happened?

Two possibilities:

Coincidence: A rare hardware failure happened to occur while personnel were seeing unusual aerial phenomena. The sightings were misidentified aircraft or atmospheric effects.

Connection: Something in the sky interfered with missile communications, demonstrating capabilities that shouldn’t exist.

Neither explanation is comfortable. If it was coincidence, America’s nuclear deterrent is more fragile than assumed. If it was interference, unknown actors can disable nuclear weapons at will.

Either way, for 45 minutes on October 23, 2010, fifty nuclear missiles were beyond human control - and something was in the sky watching.

Sources

• Air Force public affairs statements (October 2010)
• Robert Hastings, “UFOs and Nukes”
• Witness testimonies compiled by UFO researchers