Lloyd Eugene Camp
Master Sergeant Lloyd Eugene Camp was a US Army radar operator stationed at White Sands Missile Range in the 1940s, where he performed high-level research on captured German V-2 rockets. Camp is notable in UAP history for having observed and reported — via both visual and radar confirmation — multiple instances of unidentified craft intercepting V-2 rocket tests, accelerating at what Camp described as astonishing rates after circling the missiles.
| Role | Master Sergeant, US Army; radar operator at White Sands Missile Range |
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Background and Assignment
Camp was assigned to White Sands Missile Range during the period when the US Army was conducting tests of V-2 rockets captured from Nazi Germany under Operation Paperclip. His role as a radar operator placed him at the intersection of advanced rocketry and the emerging UFO phenomenon, as White Sands became a frequent site of UAP sightings during weapons tests in the late 1940s.
The V-2 Intercept Observations
According to Camp's documented account, during at least one V-2 rocket launch he observed two silver disc-shaped objects appear alongside the ascending missile. Camp tracked the objects via radar while simultaneously confirming visual observation, providing dual-mode verification of the phenomenon. The discs circled the V-2 for several minutes before turning on their sides and accelerating away at a rate Camp characterized as far beyond any known human technology.
Camp's daughter later confirmed that her father witnessed similar events "several times," indicating that UAP interest in ballistic missile testing at White Sands was not an isolated occurrence but a recurring pattern.
Corroboration with Project Twinkle
Camp's observations align with documented UAP activity at White Sands during the same period. Project Twinkle, a 1949 program tasked with observing UFOs and green fireballs, documented an incident on August 31, 1950, in which the UFO phenomenon was observed following a V-2 rocket launch from White Sands. Camp's firsthand account provides independent, witness-level corroboration of the broader pattern captured in official reports.
Connection to Sarbacher's Account
Robert Sarbacher's son, Robert Sarbacher Jr., told researcher D.M. Duncan that his father had been called upon to develop missiles equipped with cameras — similar to those on V-2 rockets — capable of tracking UAP at high speed, as conventional aircraft were too slow. Camp's direct observations of UAP tracking and circling V-2 rockets provide context for why the DoD Research and Development Board, on which Sarbacher served, would have prioritized developing camera-equipped missiles for UAP pursuit.
Significance
Camp represents a class of military witnesses — radar operators and technical personnel — whose dual-mode observations (visual plus radar or instrumentation) provide some of the most credible UAP evidence. His account documents early UAP interest in US ballistic missile programs, a pattern that would recur throughout the Cold War, including the famous 1964 Big Sur Incident in which a UAP allegedly disabled a test warhead tracked by Lieutenant Robert Jacobs.