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This is the Vandenberg AFB Launch Summary for 1958 to 2000, prepared by the 30th Space Wing Office of History and dated as of 3 February 2000. It calls itself the official registry of all major launch operations from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, listed in chronological order starting with the first launch on 16 December 1958. It also has annual launch totals by booster and by command, a launch facility guide, launcher status histories and a glossary. It does not discuss any unidentified aerial phenomena.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 2/3/00, N/A. This report summarizes the historical record of launches occurring at Vandenberg Air Force Base between 1958 and 2000.
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 113 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.