Greg Rogers 1992 Cape Canaveral UFO sighting
The Greg Rogers 1992 Cape Canaveral UFO sighting is an account by United States Air Force flight surgeon Greg Rogers, then Chief of Aerospace Medicine at the 45th Space Wing, of viewing a hovering disc-shaped craft of claimed non-human origin via closed-circuit television inside a locked contractor facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in approximately April or May 1992. Rogers kept the account private for thirty-three years before coming forward publicly in 2025, citing the 2023 congressional testimony of David Grusch as the catalyst.
The sighting
While conducting routine medical oversight visits to contractor facilities at Cape Canaveral, Rogers was recognized by an Air Force major who invited him to view something "even you have never seen." The major took Rogers into a locked and blinded office and activated a closed-circuit television feed displaying a hangar interior.
Rogers observed a disc-shaped craft approximately 20 feet across and 10 feet tall, smooth-surfaced with no rivets, seams, or windows, which the interviewer Chris Lehto noted in post-interview commentary was consistent with the dimensions of the craft Bob Lazar had described at S-4 three years earlier. The craft bore "U.S. Air Force" lettering and an Air Force flight insignia at the twelve-o'clock position, visible only after the craft rotated clockwise.
The craft lifted from the floor, rotated 360 degrees clockwise, paused, then rotated 360 degrees counterclockwise, returning to its original orientation — without any visible thrust or propulsive mechanism. Visible electromagnetic discharges played uniformly across the vehicle's surface, which Rogers assessed were not the propulsion source because they did not concentrate on any vector corresponding to the direction of movement. Three umbilical lines extended from a pole at the top of the craft, leading Rogers to conclude it was a contractor prototype not yet self-sufficient for powered independent flight.
The craft then tilted its nose to a 45-degree angle of attack — a maneuver Rogers stated no known helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft could achieve without generating a corresponding force vector. A knock at the locked window from a lieutenant colonel interrupted the demonstration; the major shut off the feed and told Rogers: "Don't tell anyone I showed you this."
The "we got it from them" statement
When Rogers asked the major why the vehicle was built the way it was, the major replied: "when we got it from them" — the phrase that became the title of Rogers' first public account and that Rogers presents as the clearest indication of a non-human origin for the vehicle. Rogers interpreted the U.S. Air Force markings as equivalent to how prototype aircraft such as the Lockheed Have Blue program bore service markings before entering the Air Force inventory, indicating the vehicle was owned by a defence contractor — he speculated Lockheed or Northrop — and not yet formally part of Air Force holdings.
Aftermath
Rogers kept the account private for thirty-three years. He first described the sighting publicly on the Lehto Files — Investigating UAPs podcast hosted by retired fighter pilot Chris Lehto, and subsequently gave a more detailed account to Jesse Michels' American Alchemy with Jesse Michels podcast in 2025. He also spoke about the encounter publicly at the Contact in the Desert conference and indicated he would be willing to testify before Congress.
The Lehto Files interview with Greg Rogers covering the 1992 Cape Canaveral sighting is also available on YouTube.