The 1970 Ellsworth AFB Incident: Reset Panel, Found Warhead Detonator, and the Open UFO/ICBM Debate

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An Ellsworth AFB 1970 incident is described where alarms sounded at an outer zone, a launch sequence panel was observed reset to zero by Lt. Michael Sehorn of the 68th Strategic Missile Squadron, a warhead detonator was found, and a two-page document with deliberate typographical oddities fueled debates over authenticity, with MUFON's Bob Pratt labeling it a hoax while leaked 1999 materials and SAC Intelligence Officer Michael Rowe suggest a possible cover-up or mixed real events, and other reports point to a separate lightning episode near a MIRV firing system that nearly detonated a W‑62 warhead, all tying into broader discussions of UFO activity at nuclear storage sites.