File
DOE NEST emergency-response files, 1997
US Department of Energy · 1997 / requested ~2020–2022
Emergency response — existence disputed
Request
NEST files for 1997, aimed at the Peru crash-retrieval window. Hume waited nearly two years, won a first appeal.
Outcome
Agency first said it held the 1997 NEST files, then seven months later said it did not. Hume: 'so where are they?'
The documentary hole at the centre of the Peru case.
Names on this file
RG Hume
Independent FOIA researcher
UK researcher who files FOI/FOIA against MOD, DSTL, AARO, NNSA, DOE, FBI, CIA-adjacent holdings, EPA, CBP and police. Publishes as @rgh_ufos. Has said his name is on requests, has appeared in BBC and Mail Online, and was cited by Jesse Michels for the NNSA Starfish Prime response.
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
Documents & links
Official or archived copies. If Open does nothing, copy the URL into a new tab — the preview cannot leave this window.
- Medium: UFO Crash in Peru 1997
Source posts
Public posts by @rgh_ufos. Open may be blocked inside this preview — copy the URL and paste it in a new tab.
- 2022-07-12
After waiting nearly 2 years and winning my first appeal, then after 6 months i got told they don't hold the NEST (emergency response) files for 1997.. but 7 months earlier told me they did