Cyrus Vance
Cyrus Roberts Vance served as the 57th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Vance held one of the highest-ranking positions in the US government during a period when multiple UFO crash retrieval incidents occurred, including the 1978 Bolivia UFO Crash. His involvement in coordinating government response to the Bolivia incident provides documentary evidence of State Department awareness and coordination of UFO-related events.
| Role | US Secretary of State (1977-1980) |
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1978 Bolivia UFO Crash Coordination
On May 6, 1978, thousands of people near El Taire, Bolivia witnessed a cylindrical object crash into a mountainside, creating a sonic boom heard up to 150 miles away. Following the crash, Bolivian military discovered a dull metallic cylinder 12 feet long with a few dents, and requested technical assistance.
Secret documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that Secretary of State Vance wrote that "appropriate government agencies have been contacted regarding this crash." The agencies contacted were later confirmed to include Project Moondust, the classified Air Force crash retrieval program. Moon Dust received film of the object from the Bolivian military and was tasked with monitoring the situation.
Vance's coordination of the inter-agency response demonstrates that UFO crash retrieval operations reached the highest levels of government and involved diplomatic coordination through the State Department when incidents occurred on foreign soil.
Institutional Role in UAP Operations
As Secretary of State, Vance would have been responsible for managing diplomatic aspects of foreign UFO incidents, including:
- Coordinating with foreign governments regarding crashed objects on their territory
- Facilitating access for US military and intelligence personnel to foreign crash sites
- Managing diplomatic cover stories and information control with allied nations
The Bolivia case establishes that the State Department — not merely military and intelligence agencies — played an active role in UFO crash retrieval operations during the 1970s.