Robert Salas on the 1967 Malmstrom AFB UFO Incident

In this episode, Jason and Michael welcome Robert Salas, a
retired U.S. Air Force captain and key witness to one of the most
compelling UFO incidents in history—the 1967 Malmstrom Air Force
Base event.
With only one prior presentation of this presentation, Salas
delivers a rare and detailed recounting of the night that forever
changed his perspective on unidentified aerial phenomena and
their implications for national security.


On March 24, 1967, Salas was stationed 60 feet underground at
Malmstrom AFB in Montana, serving as a deputy missile combat crew
commander overseeing ten Minuteman nuclear missiles. What began
as a routine night shift turned surreal when security personnel
reported strange lights maneuvering silently in the sky. Moments
later, a panicked guard described a glowing, red, oval-shaped
object—approximately 30 to 40 feet in diameter—hovering directly
above the facility’s front gate. As Salas processed the report,
alarms blared in the control room, indicating that all ten
missiles had simultaneously gone offline, rendered inoperable in
an unprecedented system failure. The UFO departed, and the
missiles remained disabled for nearly 24 hours, with no physical
damage but a clear message left behind.
Drawing from his firsthand experience, declassified documents,
and decades of research, Salas details the incident, which was
followed by a similar event just eight days earlier at another
Malmstrom site.


He discusses the Air Force’s initial classification of the event,
the non-disclosure agreement he was bound by until 1996, and the
broader pattern of UAP activity near nuclear facilities
worldwide. Salas also shares insights from his 2023 testimony to
the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and
his advocacy for public congressional hearings to address these
national security concerns. Was this a demonstration of advanced
technology? A warning about nuclear weapons? Or something else
entirely? 





About Robert Salas: A 1964 U.S. Air Force Academy graduate,
Robert Salas served seven years on active duty as a weapons
controller, missile launch officer, and engineer on the Titan III
program.


He has authored books including Faded Giant and Unidentified: The
UFO Phenomenon and remains a prominent advocate for UAP
disclosure.