Jacobs states he saw optical film showing an object and flashes around missile reentry vehicle

Record

Date / period

1964-09; recounted 1989

Reported event / document

Jacobs states he saw optical film showing an object and flashes around missile reentry vehicle

Evidence type

Retrospective first-person witness account

Original data accessible?

Public testimony; original film unavailable

Verification status

Direct witness to film screening, not independently confirmed anomalous object

Competing explanations / missing data

Memory, chronology, missing original film

Next step

Seek original film and independent contemporaneous logs. Chunk M search (2026-11-12): No 1964 film, log or 1369th Photo Squadron record found online. The only second account is Florenz Mansmann's written endorsement, published by Jacobs's supporters, so not independent of him. Knapp retells the story in the September 2025 hearing (SRC-047 p. 42), not as a witness. Flag stays.

Source ID

SRC-148