{"type":"locations","slug":"vandenberg-space-force-base","title":"Vandenberg Space Force Base","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/vandenberg-space-force-base","description":"Vandenberg Space Force Base is a California launch-and-missile facility tied to 2025 oversight testimony on alleged 2003-2005 UAP incursions.","date":"2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Base"],"updated":"2026-02-19T16:00:00.000Z","status":"speculative","lat":34.7297,"lng":-120.5768,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Geography\n\nVandenberg Space Force Base is a U.S. Space Force installation near Lompoc that functions as a range and spaceport for launch and missile-test operations across DoD, NASA, and private programs, including Space Launch Delta 30 and the Missile Defense Agency.[^1]\nThe FAA space-operations register also identifies Vandenberg AFB, California, as a licensed federal site with horizontal and vertical launch capability, reinforcing its operational role as a launch-control and test airspace complex.[^2]\n\n## Event context\n\nThe September 9, 2025 House Oversight hearing on UAP transparency and whistleblower protection was formally announced with public notice and a witness roster that included Jeffrey Nuccetelli as the key Vandenberg-affiliated witness.[^3][^4]\nNuccetelli’s written statement to that hearing documents five reported incidents at Vandenberg between 2003 and 2005, including the 'Red Square' event described as repeated UAP activity near missile-defense facilities and follow-on large-object reports without command-level post-reporting guidance.[^5]\nThe committee’s wrap-up release reports that members pressed DoD oversight topics and whistleblower protections while acknowledging that the hearing’s UAP record remained centered on testimony and unresolved public disclosure pathways.[^6]\n\n## Source evidence chain\n\nThe public source chain here is primarily official hearing packaging: the hearing page, committee press release, and filed witness documents, all of which are archived as committee materials and recorded-event products.[^3][^4][^7]\nCross-references to corroborating hearing testimony and related written evidence place Vandenberg in the documented narrative, while the AARO record references in witness filings remain limited to second-hand custodial reporting rather than fully declassified case packets.[^5][^8][^9]\nOperational base metadata in official defense sources anchors Vandenberg’s geography, while incident details remain tied to hearing testimony and oversight-facing disclosure claims rather than independent public sensor annexes.[^1][^2][^10]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [U.S. Space Force fact sheet: Vandenberg Space Force Base](https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/736798/vandenberg-space-force-base/)\n[^2]: [FAA spaceports registry: Vandenberg Space Force Base](https://www.faa.gov/space/spaceports_by_state/)\n[^3]: [Oversight hearing: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection](https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/restoring-public-trust-through-uap-transparency-and-whistleblower-protection/)\n[^4]: [Luna press release announcing the hearing](https://oversight.house.gov/release/luna-announces-hearing-on-transparency-relating-to-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/)\n[^5]: [Nuccetelli written testimony, House Oversight Committee PDF](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Nuccetelli-Written-Testimony.pdf)\n[^6]: [Hearing wrap-up statement, Oversight Committee](https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-government-must-be-more-transparent-about-uaps/)\n[^7]: [Congressional video archive for the hearing](https://www.congress.gov/committees/video/house-oversight-and-government-reform/hsgo00/LBKRr5OvF6E)\n[^8]: [Congressional hearing transcript PDF (CHRG-119hhrg61718)](https://www.congress.gov/119/chrg/CHRG-119hhrg61718/CHRG-119hhrg61718.pdf)\n[^9]: [Congress hearing event record](https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/118584)\n[^10]: [Hearing announcement documents and witness list, House Oversight hearing page](https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/restoring-public-trust-through-uap-transparency-and-whistleblower-protection/)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/vandenberg-space-force-base","title":"Vandenberg Space Force Base","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/vandenberg-space-force-base","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"North America"}