US · DOE emergency
NEST
Nuclear Emergency Support Team
1990s NEST doctrine, per Hume, included response to 'high technology devices' with Army 52nd EOD / 28th EOD Airborne. He argues this is the crash-retrieval mechanism used at Peru 1997, Needles, and similar events.
Names
Jonathan Weygandt
USMC Stinger/Avenger gunner
Disclosure Project witness. Hume interviewed him for the 2023 Medium reconstruction of a March/April 1997 crash near Pucallpa, Peru: teardrop/egg object, DOE-jacketed recovery team, 15-hour interrogation. Weygandt still stands by the account.
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty
NEST Director, 1992–1998
Ran NEST in the window of the Peru event. Hume maps NEST composition (LLNL, LANL, Sandia, EG&G, Raytheon, Army/Navy tactical) onto the recovery team Weygandt described.
Cases
Peru 1997 crash retrieval (Operation Laser Strike)
Marine witness, DOE jackets, missing NEST files
Crash retrieval as nuclear emergency (NEST / SRT / EOD)
High-technology devices, Wackenhut camo, broken arrows
2008 wave: Needles, Harare, Stephenville
CIA on high alert; two crashes probably man-made, says Hume
Needles, California crash — 2008
DOE / Army helicopters; Hume's favourite case, probably X-37B