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A USAF RC-135 over Johnston Atoll, with an inset from declassified KETTLE 2 footage showing the Bluegill Triple Prime fireball and the tumbling unidentified object (arrowed)

Did a 1962 Nuclear Test Bring Down a UAP? The Case for Bluegill Triple Prime

26 May 2026

Declassified footage from a 1962 nuclear weapons test appears to show a UAP tumbling out of the fireball. Former intelligence officer and researcher Geoffrey Cruickshank explains the evidence in this exclusive written interview.

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