The Cosmic Trigger

This film by Larry L. Sheffield traces its origins back to July 1945, when the Trinity Test detonated the world's first atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert, forever altering the course of human history. In the aftermath, southern New Mexico became a hub for secretive military advancements: White Sands Proving Ground launched captured German V-2 rockets, Holloman Air Force Base grew into a key aerospace facility, and Los Alamos National Laboratory pushed the boundaries of nuclear science. But amid these terrestrial triumphs, something inexplicable began to unfold overhead. This is the history of the first documented encounters with phenomena in history.