WAR.GOV Vandenberg 2000 Launch Summary
This page maps the Vandenberg 2000 lane inside WAR.GOV / PURSUE Release 01. It represents DOW-UAP-D49, Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000 as an official launch-registry/prosaic-context source, not as a UAP observation report or resolution finding. [S1][S2][S3][S4]
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Quick facts
- Official asset: DOW-UAP-D49, Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000; Release 01 CSV row
58; agency Department of War; manifest incident date/location 2/3/00 / N/A. [S3][S4]
- OCR custody:
113/113 pages with text, 207 text chunks, 260635 OCR characters, SHA-256 0dd7855ac3c69e39a9752c53fe6ba3e851d617e28adfcbf07c3ec93907877cf7. [S2][S3]
- Document scope: the OCR foreword identifies the file as the official registry of major launch operations from Vandenberg Air Force Base, beginning with the first launch on 16 December 1958, with dates in Vandenberg local time and summary matrices by booster and command. [S5]
- Graph crosslinks:
0 graph lead relationships touch the D49 asset or manifest record in the graph at source-pack generation time; no conclusion nodes or relationship promotions were created. [S2]
Official asset spine
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Title | DOW-UAP-D49, Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000 |
| Official URL | official PDF |
| CSV row | 58 |
| Manifest description | This report summarizes the historical record of launches occurring at Vandenberg Air Force Base between 1958 and 2000. [S4] |
| Local file custody | evidence/war-gov/war-gov-dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-vandenberg-afb-2000-775d16ea.md remains the per-asset wiki-page backlog; source pack preserves URL/hash/OCR fields. [S2][S3] |
| Review status | Source mapped; not a UAP case page; use for launch/satellite/missile correlation only when a specific observation has time, location, and look-vector constraints. [S2] |
Selected launch chronology review queue
The table below is a bounded review queue extracted from the selected OCR chunks near the end of the 113-page launch summary. It is not a final structured launch database: table OCR is noisy, and exact launch times/trajectories still require PDF-table review and external launch-catalogue verification before any sighting explanation is asserted. [S2][S6]
| Seq | Date | Nickname | Facility | Vehicle | Review boundary |
|---|
| 1772 | 10 Feb 1999 | GLORY TRIP 169GM | LF-07 | MINUTEMAN G | OCR row; exact operation number/cumulative columns need PDF-table verification before structured launch-database use. [S6] |
| 1773 | 23 Feb 1999 | ARGOS | SLC-2W | DELTA II | Footnote says Delta II also carried Orsted and SUNSAT; useful for multi-object/spacecraft context, not a UAP finding. [S6] |
| 1774 | 4 Mar 1999 | GLORY TRIP 169GM | Air Lift | PEGASUS XL | Air-launch row; external airspace/NOTAM context would be needed for any sighting comparison. [S6] |
| 1775 | 15 Mar 1999 | GLORY TRIP 289A | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | Missile test / force-development-evaluation row; no UAP observation is attached in Release 01. [S6] |
| 1776 | 15 Apr 1999 | LANDSAT-7 | SLC-2W | DELTA II | Civil Earth-observation spacecraft launch; possible sky-object context only when paired with a time/location-specific report. [S6] |
| 1777 | 27 Apr 1999 | IKONOS-1 | SLC-6 | ATHENA II | OCR note says Athena was formerly LMLV; verify exact failure/success details outside D49 before explanatory use. [S6] |
| 1778 | 17 May 1999 | Terriers/MUBLCOM | Air Lift | PEGASUS XL | Air-launch row; launch-phase visibility depends on route, time, plume geometry, and observer location. [S6] |
| 1779 | 22 May 1999 | B-33 | SLC-4E | TITAN IV | Heavy-lift space-launch row; candidate for prosaic context only with a matching observation window. [S6] |
| 1780 | 19 Jun 1999 | QuickScat | SLC-4W | TITAN II | NASA-linked spacecraft row in OCR chronology; exact launch time must be checked outside this page before correlation. [S6] |
| 1781/1782 | 29 Aug 1999 | GLORY TRIP 170GM-1 / GLORY TRIP 171 | LP-10 / LP-08 | MINUTEMAN G | OCR appears to represent two missile rows plus a footnote with two local launch times; require PDF/table check before exact timing use. [S6] |
| 1783 | 24 Sep 1999 | IKONOS-II | SLC-6 | ATHENA II | Commercial/imaging-satellite launch context; explanatory use needs external launch-time confirmation. [S6] |
| 1784 | 2 Oct 1999 | ITF-3 | LP-03 | MINUTEMAN F | Missile-test row; not an observation report. [S6] |
| 1785 | 13 Nov 1999 | FTM-01 | LP-26 | MINUTEMAN G | Missile-test row; use as range-activity context only. [S6] |
| 1786 | 12 Dec 1999 | SNAP | SLC-4W | TITAN II | Space launch row in D49 chronology. [S6] |
| 1787 | 19 Dec 1999 | NDS TERRA | SLC-2W | ATLAS IIAS | OCR row; useful as launch catalogue context after external time/trajectory verification. [S6] |
| 1788 | 20 Dec 1999 | KOMBAT/ACRIMSAT | 576E | TAURUS | OCR row names a Taurus launch; title/facility details should be verified against the PDF and external launch catalogue before public explanatory use. [S6] |
| 1789 | 18 Jan 2000 | ITF-4 | LP-03 | MINUTEMAN F | First 2000 row in selected OCR chronology; no UAP report is attached. [S6] |
| 1790 | 26 Jan 2000 | JAWSAT | SLP | MINOTAUR | The OCR footnote defines Minotaur as a hybrid booster using Minuteman II and Pegasus stages and describes SLP as a commercial launch facility; exact source text should be quoted from the PDF for detailed public claims. [S6] |
Claims extracted from official text
| Claim layer | What the corpus supports | Review status |
|---|
| Release manifest | Release 01 lists D49 as a PDF from the Department of War, row 58, with incident date 2/3/00, location N/A, and a PDF link to the WAR.GOV release asset. [S4] | source mapped |
| Document character | The OCR foreword says the file is the official registry of major launch operations at Vandenberg, arranged chronologically from 16 December 1958 and grouped into annual launch summaries by booster and command plus facility-guide/glossary material. [S5] | source mapped; not a sighting report |
| 1999–early 2000 range activity | Selected OCR rows show space launches, missile tests, air-launch entries, and the 26 Jan 2000 JAWSAT/Minotaur row near the document endpoint. [S6] | review queue; exact times/trajectories pending |
| Graph relationship status | No audit-only crosslink relationships were found for the D49 asset/manifest in this source pack. [S2] | no crosslink promotion; no finding |
What can be said now
- Release 01 contains an official Department-of-War launch-summary asset for Vandenberg AFB, with stable URL/hash/OCR custody in the Open Sky source pack. [S2][S3]
- The source is highly relevant to prosaic-check work because West Coast launch, missile-test, satellite, and air-launch activity can produce unusual sky observations when timing and geometry line up. [S5][S6]
- D49 does not by itself identify a UAP event. It is a background/reference source that should be paired only with a specific sighting report, timestamp, observer location, and look direction before making an explanatory claim. [S2][S4]
- The source-pack generator was read-only against Neo4j; it did not create
Case, Claim, Finding, Hypothesis, ResolutionDecision, or WitnessReport nodes and did not promote any crosslinks. [S2]
What cannot be said yet
- We cannot say a Vandenberg launch explains any particular UFO/UAP report from this page alone; no specific witness observation is attached to D49 in the release manifest. [S2][S4]
- We cannot treat the OCR-normalized 1999–2000 rows as a finished launch database until the PDF tables and external launch catalogues are checked, especially for exact launch times, dual-launch footnotes, air-launch routes, and payload names. [S2][S6]
- We cannot infer exotic significance from the release including a launch summary. Its evidentiary value here is provenance and prosaic context. [S1][S2]
Watcher prosaic-check board
| Check lane | Status | Notes / next work |
|---|
| Astronomy / celestial | Not started for a specific sighting | D49 is not a sighting record. Run Moon/planet/star/meteor checks only after a target observation date, time, observer location, and sky direction are supplied. [S2] |
| Weather / atmosphere | Pending / observation-dependent | Launch plume visibility and ordinary sky-object interpretation depend on cloud cover, winds aloft, twilight geometry, and observer range; D49 alone does not provide those fields. [S2] |
| Satellites / reentries / launches | Partial source mapping | This is the core lane: selected rows identify launch/missile/air-launch activity through early 2000. Next step is structured extraction and external launch-catalogue validation before correlation with any sighting page. [S5][S6] |
| Aircraft / drones / balloons / ordinary targets | Pending / observation-dependent | Air-launch and range-support operations are ordinary-target context, but D49 has no witness geometry or sensor data. Treat as a checklist input, not an explanation. [S2][S6] |
| Sensor / image-processing artifacts | Not applicable to D49 itself | D49 is a document/text asset. Sensor-artifact checks belong to any paired image/video/sensor record, not to the launch registry alone. [S2] |
| Military / operational context | Partial | The document is a 30th Space Wing Office of History launch summary and includes launch-facility/booster/command context; exact operational details still require PDF review and external corroboration before public claims. [S5][S7] |
Selected source excerpts
| Idx | Chunk | Excerpt |
|---|
| 0 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:0 | === Page 1 === VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SUMMARY 1958 - 2000 30th SPACE WING Office of History === Page 2 === DISTRIBUTION LIST 1 30th RANS/DOUS 1 HQ USAF/XOFS 1 30th RANS/DOU 1 HQ AFSPC/HO 1 30th SW/CP 1 HQ AFSPC/DOSL 1 30th SW/PA 1 HQ USSPACECOM/SPJ330S 1 30th SW/SEOO 1 HQ USSPACECOM/HO 1 30th SW/XPR 2 SWG/DOOL 1 30th SW/CCT 1 45th SW/HO 1 30th OSS/DOO 1 SMC/HO 1 30th Technical Library 1 HQ NASA 1 576th FLTS/TEE 1 HQ AFMC/ORS 2 576th FLTS/TEM 2 Ogden ALC/LMIM 1 Aerospace Corporation 1 JCA/OPT 1 Boeing Defense & Space Group 1 TRW/SEDD 1 ITT Federal Services Corporation 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2 TRW 1 PA-MSB, Kennedy Space Center 1 KSC Library 2 Orbital Sciences Corp As of: 3 February 2000 i === Page 3 === FOREWORD This is the official registry of all major launch operations conducted from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The vehicles are presented in chronological order beginning with the first launch on 16 December 1958. Launch dates reflect Vandenberg local time. The information is further grouped into two matrices titled: "ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY BOOSTER" and "ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY COMMAND." Two additional items contained in this document are a "LAUNCH FACILITY GUIDE" and a "GLOSSARY." In the main chronology section, the two columns reporting cumulative numbers by booster and command represent only Vandenberg… [S2] |
| 1 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:1 | a "LAUNCH FACILITY GUIDE" and a "GLOSSARY." In the main chronology section, the two columns reporting cumulative numbers by booster and command represent only Vandenberg operations. They do not include, for instance, Titan IV launches conducted on the East Coast at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 30th Space Wing History Office (30th SW/HO) periodically updates the Vandenberg AFB Launch Summary book. Questions may be directed to the undersigned at DSN 276-6421 or commercially at (806) 606-6421. JEFFREY GEIGER Office of History ii === Page 4 === GLOSSARY ABRES Advanced Ballistic Reentry System ABRV Advanced Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (Formerly LBRV) ACC Air Combat Command (Strategic Air Command (SAC) prior to 1 June 1992.) ACE Advanced Control Experiment ADC Aerospace Defense Command AE Atmospheric Explorer AEC Atomic Energy Commission AFMC Air Force Materiel Command (Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) prior to 1 July 1992.) AFSC Air Force Systems Command (Air Research & Development Command (ARDC) prior to 1 Apr 1961.) AFSPC Air Force Space Command AMARV Advanced Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle AMROC American Rocket Company ANT Advanced Nose Tip AST Airborne Surveillance Testbed ASTP Army Special Test Program ASTRID Advanced Single Stage Rapid Insertion BALLISTIC Flight exercise involving ballistic reentry BATSAT Basic Advanced Technology… [S2] |
| 7 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:7 | 116 45 69 60 55 38 24 34 44 63 31 19 14 14 15 12 10 926 NAVY 12 2 5 3 5 6 16 8 8 10 3 5 6 6 6 1 101 NASA 1 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 2 7 3 5 2 1 3 45 ADC 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 21 RAF 10 6 4 2 21 AEC 10 1 2 1 2 16 CRL 7 2 1 1 11 SUB TOTAL 1 33 43 40 79 116 119 101 123 113 78 95 84 65 44 45 47 41 32 32 1,418 ix === Page 11 === ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY COMMAND 1958 - 2000 Chart II 1979 - 2000 & Totals As of 3 Feb 2000 LAUNCH SUB GRAND AGENCY 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 TOTAL TOTAL AFSC 13 15 10 5 16 13 9 9 10 5 3 2 6 2 118 795 SAC 11 9 8 9 9 8 [S2] |
| 8 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:8 | 10 5 16 13 9 9 10 5 3 2 6 2 118 795 SAC 11 9 8 9 9 8 8 7 9 5 8 9 7 2 107 633 NAVY 1 3 2 6 107 NASA 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 27 72 ADC 1 1 22 RAF 0 21 AEC 0 16 CRL 0 11 ACC 5 2 7 7 AFSPC 1 2 5 9 7 9 8 7 7 55 55 AFMC 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 13 13 AMROC 1 1 1 TAC 1 1 1 LLL 1 1 1 LM 1 1 3 5 5 OSC (Taurus) 1 2 1 4 4 OSC (Pegasus)¹ 2 4 2 3 2 12 12 Boeing² 8 5 2 13 13 SUB TOTAL 27 27 21 17 28 23 17 17 20 13 13 16 13 11 13 11 16 13 11 18 17 2 372 1320 ¹The Pegasus flight program began with three "captive" flights using inert vehicles. These missions were [S2] |
| 9 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:9 | 13 16 13 11 13 11 16 13 11 18 17 2 372 1320 ¹The Pegasus flight program began with three "captive" flights using inert vehicles. These missions were conducted on 9 Nov 89, 16 Dec 89, and 30 Jan 90. The first seven "live" Pegasus flights, beginning on 5 April 90, as well as the captive flights, originated from the Ames/Dryden Flight Research facility at Edwards AFB, California. They were carried aloft by a modified B-52 aircraft provided by NASA. Beginning with the eight mission, Pegasus was carried by a modified Lockheed L-1011 aircraft and was staged from Vandenberg AFB. ²The Delta II program was operated by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace until the company was purchased by Boeing Aerospace, 4 August 1997. x === Page 12 === ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY BOOSTER Chart I 1958 - 1978 LAUNCH VEHICLE 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 SUB TOTAL AAMOC 0 ARGO D 0 ASTRO 0 ASTROBEE 1500 1 4 1 6 ATLAS 1 8 1 1 7 7 7 14 11 18 8 8 8 10 11 ATLAS D 0 ATLAS E 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 15 ATLAS F 4 4 2 3 2 10 ATLAS IV 0 ATLAS/AGENA A 8 20 ATLAS/AGENA B 9 4 10 10 15 2 1 43 ATLAS/AG [S2] |
| 14 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 THORAD/AGENA D THOR/DELTA THOR/AGENA D TITAN I TITAN II TITAN II SLV | | 8 | TITAN/AGENA D TITAN IIIB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 22 TITAN IIID TITAN IV TITE/TOMAHAWK SUB TOTAL | 27 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 353 | 1,771 xii === Page 14 === ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY BOOSTER Chart III 1999 - 2018 LAUNCH VEHICLE | 99 | 00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SUB TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL AAMOC AGUS 8 AETHO ASTROBEE 1500 ATHENA (LMLV/APOLLO) | 2 | ATLAS D ATLAS E ATLAS F ATLAS III ATLAS/AGENA A ATLAS/AGENA B ATLAS/AGENA D ATLAS/BURNER ATLAS/PRIME ATLAS 5A BLACK BRANT III BOMARC-A BOMARC B CASTOR/NOMAD/ROCKET DAFC ECHO DRAGON ARROW II DELTA F | 2 | DELTA II GLEM HONEST JOHN/NIKE/NIKE MINUTEMAN A MINUTEMAN A II | | 1 | MINUTEMAN A III MINUTEMAN B (II) MINUTEMAN G (III [S2] |
| 15 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:15 | | 2 | DELTA II GLEM HONEST JOHN/NIKE/NIKE MINUTEMAN A MINUTEMAN A II | | 1 | MINUTEMAN A III MINUTEMAN B (II) MINUTEMAN G (III) | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 230 NAIJA/ASP NIKE/ASP NIKE/CAJUN NIKE/JAVELIN PACER TOMAHAWK PEACEKEEPER PEGASUS XL | -2 | SCOUT SCOUT JUNIOR SERNAL* SERGEANT/LANCER SMALL ICBM TATA/AGENA B TATA/AGENA D TAURUS | 1 | TERRIER/ASP IV THOR JABSO THORABLE STAR THOR/AGENA A THOR/AGENA B THOR/AGENA D THOR/ALTAIR THOR/BURNER B(I) THOR/BURNER II THORAD/AGENA D THOR/DELTA THOR/AGENA D TITAN I TITAN II TITAN II SLV | 8 | TITAN/AGENA D TITAN IIIB TITAN IIID TITAN IVY TITE/TOMAHAWK SUB TOTAL | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 1,789 NOTES: The Athena rocket was formerly called LMLV (Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle). The name was changed in September 1997. Nicknamed Minotaur, it was officially called, "Orbital Suborbital Program Space Vehicle." xiii === Page 15 === LAUNCH SEQ. DATE NICKNAME OP # FACILITY VEHICLE TYPE PROGRAM CUM BY CUM BY BOOSTER COMMAND COMMAND 1. 16 Dec 58 TUNE UP [S2] |
| 189 | official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:asset:dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000-p:775d16ead1ec:frontier-ocr:chunk:189 | TA II SPACE 14 BOEING 11 1771. 19 Dec 98 SWAS 6155 Air Lift PEGASUS XL SPACE 11 OSC 14 1772. 10 Feb 99 GLORY TRIP 169GM 3985 LF-07 MINUTEMAN G FDE 225 AFSPC 10 1773. 23 Feb 99* ARGOS 4585 SLC-2W DELTA II SPACE 15 BOEING 12 1774. 4 Mar 99 GLORY TRIP 169GM 6082 Air Lift PEGASUS XL SPACE 12 OSC 35 1775. 15 Mar 99 GLORY TRIP 289A 1036 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER FDE 46 AFSPC 50 1776. 15 Apr 99 LANDSAT-7 6545 SLC-2W DELTA II SPACE 16 BOEING 13 * The first vehicle was launched at 6191 local time, followed by the second mission at 0962. † Launched from a stand adjacent to Atlas silo 574E. *** In addition to ARGOS, the Delta II carried a scientific Danish satellite, Orsted, and a South African communications satellite, SUNSAT. PAGE 90 === Page 105 === LAUNCH CUM BY AGENCY/ CUM BY SEQ DATE NICKNAME GR-# FACILITY VEHICLE TYPE PROGRAM BOOSTER COMMAND COMMAND 1777 27 Apr 99* IKONOS-1 0411 SLC-6 ATHENA II SPACE 1 LM 3 1778 17 May 99 Terriers/MUBLCOM 9913 Air Lift PEGASUS XL SPACE 13 OSC 16 1779 22 May 99 B-33 9111 SLC-4E TITAN IV SPACE 9 AFSPC 51 1780 19 Jun 99 QuickScat 7778 S [S2] |
Open questions
- Should D49 be parsed into a structured launch-correlation table for 1958–2000, or should Open Sky only extract time windows that collide with existing case pages? [S2]
- Which existing West Coast / California / Pacific cases in the wiki need a launch-correlation pass against the D49 chronology? [S2]
- Can the 1999–2000 rows be reconciled with external launch catalogues, NOTAM/range schedules where available, payload records, and orbital data before any explanatory use? [S6]
- Does the release include other launch-range or missile-test context assets that should be modeled as prosaic-context pages rather than event pages? [S2]
Evidence and provenance handling
Sources cited
- [S1] Official WAR.GOV landing page: https://www.war.gov/UFO/; official CSV manifest: https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-csv.csv.
- [S2] Generated source pack: internal Open Sky cache/report, built from Neo4j dataset
war_pursue_uap_release_2026_05_08 and internal Open Sky cache/report at 2026-05-09T13:20:38.911587+00:00.
- [S3] Official asset DOW-UAP-D49, Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d49-launch-summary-february-2000.pdf; SHA-256
0dd7855ac3c69e39a9752c53fe6ba3e851d617e28adfcbf07c3ec93907877cf7; OCR custody 113/113 pages with text, 207 chunks.
- [S4] Release 01 CSV/manifest record for row
58 and graph manifest record official:doc:war-pursue-uap-release:record:f62e4c46578db540.
- [S5] D49 OCR foreword excerpts in source pack [S2], especially frontier OCR chunks 0–1 describing official registry scope, chronological arrangement, Vandenberg local dates, and summary matrices.
- [S6] D49 selected OCR chronology excerpts in source pack [S2], especially frontier OCR chunks 189–191 for late-1999 and early-2000 launch rows.
- [S7] D49 selected OCR facility-guide excerpts in source pack [S2], especially frontier OCR chunks 191–193 for launch-facility status/history context.