Astronaut Gordon Cooper’s film crew captured the landing of a UFO at Edwards Air Force Base on May 3, 1957

The incident at Edwards Air Force Base is one of the most important unidentified flying object cases in modern UFO history. Astronaut Gordon Cooper is the sole source for this case and related his eyewitness information in this and subsequent interviews. The incident was reported May 3, 1957 by Cooper himself according to his testimony.

Cooper was in charge of a precision photography project that involved a camera crew assigned to record a particular test aircraft during maneuvers over an area known as a dry lake-bed. Cooper references the use of a cinetheodolite system – a specialized optical instrument capable of tracking flight paths at measured frame rates for engineering analysis.

The dry lake area was used for testing, where visibility is generally excellent and foreground distance markers are reliable.

Astronaut Gordon Cooper

Astronaut Gordon Cooper

Cooper reported the following information:

  • Explained that the UFO was “saucer-shaped” planform with three extended landing legs
  • Described as silent during descent, hover, landing, and liftoff
  • Sighted at close range on a flat lake-bed with clear lines of sight
  • Recorded on still photography and motion-picture film – Cooper himself confirmed the quality of the developed motion-picture film

Cooper states that he followed standard protocols by contacting a designated number and arranging for the film to be processed and delivered to higher headquarters in Washington, D.C. He said he viewed the developed material prior to forwarding it and believed it matched the crew’s description. Cooper also said he did not receive formal feedback after the evidence left the base.

Credit: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena - Astronaut Gordon Cooper - UFO Encounter and Landing

Cooper discussed the 1957 event in subsequent interviews and also in his memoir titled Leap of Faith. He also addressed UFOs at international meetings, including a well known 1978 appearance at the United Nations where he met with Kurt Waldheim and the UN Security Council, advocating for an unbiased international committee to investigate and share data on UFOs. In his proposal, he expressed a firm belief that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their occupants were visiting Earth, suggesting they were technologically superior to human civilization. Cooper speculated that governments kept these encounters confidential, possibly due to the advanced nature of the UFOs and the potential ramifications of such knowledge becoming public.

Popular documentaries such as Out of the Blue later amplified his perspective. While these sources contributed to the incident’s visibility, they did not add verifiable photographic evidence or official analytical results to the public record.

In later years, Cooper had conversations with colleagues in commercial aviation who recounted similar experiences. He mentioned one airline captain who saw a large, glowing saucer off his wing during a nighttime flight. The object seemed to react to the pilot’s maneuvers, matching his turns and eventually departing with a steep climb.

Where that 1957 film footage (that Cooper handed off to a Military courier) of the landed UFO at Edwards Air Force Base is now, is anyone’s guess. Probably in some dusty vault underground somewhere.

What a shame.

Why this matters

First of all, let's point out what this actually means. It means that...

  • The U. S. Government is still holding classified film & still imagery of a UFO landing captured by Cooper's team. Meaning the government is still lying to the public.
  • This leads us to understand that there is active suppression of UFO related information still happening.
  • AND by extension, it also means that other —just as important— UFO information is still being withheld.
  • It also means, they are running the same scam as that of Project Blue Book.

On to why it matters:

It matters because the intel community are abusing secrecy laws to hide advanced technology and the truth about what they know about extraterrestrial visitation on Earth. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Eisenhower both tried to warn us of this danger. What they foresaw has —in all likely-hood— come to pass. It is quite apparent that the mating of Corporations and the U. S. Intel apparatus have birthed the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). The MIC is the co-mingling of private corporations —which are far less accountable than government agencies— with our official secrecy apparatus (our intelligence community). This bastardization of the "intelligence agencies" and their oversight structure has allowed for many hidden or dark/black projects and the abuse of secrecy laws. In truth the entire MIC has spawned some of the most egregious violations of law that have NEVER truly been addressed in a way where anyone was actually held accountable for the illegal acts. Neither the agency, nor the individuals responsible for breaking laws were ever brought to justice. It is truly an untenable situation.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address & Warning

AND here is a segment from "The President and the Press" speech given by President John F. Kennedy to the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC where JFK warns about the abuse of secrecy by governments, including ours. He was referring to the threat of Communism and the possibility of infiltration and/or it's influence on the U. S. secrecy apparatus.

President John F. Kennedy's warning about abuse of secrecy

Further, it also matters because they (the MIC) are suppressing free energy. The UFOs are not operating on a fuel based on dead plants and animals. Whatever their energy source is, it could change our world for the better. The governments involved in keeping the secret are suppressing our evolution into a space-faring species.

Having access to nearly unlimited energy will unlock the future of the human race. It would immediately make us a multi-planet species. Resources would immediately become plentiful which would also benefit humanity.

It matters because they are holding our future hostage. And for what? Probably for nothing more significant than profit —greed. It is patently ridiculous that this should be the situation. The sociopaths that are in control of the 'UFO secret' need to be removed from that position of responsibility. The act of withholding such information is abuse. It is abuse of the trust that is placed in those individuals given authority to manage national secrecy.

I am fairly certain that these complaints will fall on deaf ears but it had to be said anyway.