Did a Nuke Missile Take Down an Alien Craft? – A Journalistic Investigation

Douglas Dean Johnson's article, "Bluegill Triple Prime: Did a nuclear test knock down a nonhuman craft in 1962?", critically examines claims that the U.S. high-altitude nuclear test known as Bluegill Triple Prime inadvertently downed a UFO. This test,

By The UFO Chronicles 5-21-25

conducted on October 26, 1962, over the Pacific Ocean, was part of Operation Fishbowl and occurred amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The narrative suggesting a UFO was brought down by the test gained traction in early 2025, notably through assertions by former Ambassador Harald Malmgren. Malmgren claimed to have investigated the incident on President Kennedy's behalf and to have handled recovered UFO materials at Los Alamos. However, Johnson's investigation reveals that Malmgren was a mid-level analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses during that period, with no direct involvement in such high-level operations. Furthermore, there is no credible evidence supporting Malmgren's claims of a UFO recovery linked to the Bluegill Triple Prime test.

Johnson concludes that the association between the Bluegill Triple Prime test and a UFO incident is unfounded, arising from confirmation bias and speculative interpretations rather than verifiable evidence. He emphasizes the importance of rigorous scrutiny in evaluating such extraordinary claims, especially when they intersect with historical events of significant geopolitical tension.

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Harald Malmgren's UFO and Alien Proclamations – A Journalistic Investigation

The investigative article "Harald Malmgren: Real-World History vs. Grandiose Fantasy," by researcher, Douglas Dean Johnson meticulously deconstructs the inflated personal narrative of Harald B. Malmgren, a former U.S. trade advisor, by contrasting his public

By The UFO Chronicles 5-20-25

claims with archival evidence and declassified government documents.

While Malmgren had legitimate roles under Presidents Nixon and Ford, primarily related to trade negotiations, Johnson’s research reveals that many of his grander claims — including key advisory roles to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson — are unsubstantiated.

A particularly sensational aspect of Malmgren’s legacy is his claimed association with the UFOs/UAP, aliens and or UFO crash debris. In his later years, Malmgren claimed high-level insider knowledge of classified UFO programs and extraterrestrial-related national security concerns, painting him as someone deeply embedded in secret government deliberations about non-human intelligence and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).

However, Johnson finds no credible evidence to support these assertions. Malmgren’s official records, including declassified FBI files and government employment documents, show no involvement in national security or intelligence matters outside of his economic advisory capacity. Notably, Malmgren’s own job applications from the 1960s make no mention of such roles, describing instead modest academic and advisory functions. Furthermore, thorough searches of presidential archives and correspondence — including efforts by historians affiliated with the JFK Library and the Sargent Shriver Peace Institute — yielded no mention of Malmgren in the contexts he later claimed.

Johnson concludes that Malmgren, while not entirely a fabricator, skillfully blurred the lines between fact and fiction, leveraging real but limited public service into a legacy laced with dramatic and unverifiable embellishments. His late-in-life elevation to quasi-mystical insider status in UFO and conspiracy circles illustrates how unchecked personal narratives can metastasize into accepted lore — a cautionary tale in the age of viral misinformation and selective memory.

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