On the night of March 24, 1967, UFOs appeared over the Malmstrom AFB missile field, with one, large, glowing red object hovering right outside and above the front gate. Within seconds, the missiles began to shut down, going into a so-called “No-go” state. In the event we were to have had a nuclear conflict, the missiles could not be launched. In the launch capsule that night was Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander Captain Robert Salas.

Captain Salas graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and spent seven years in active duty from 1964 to 1971. He also held positions at Martin Marietta and Rockwell and spent 21 years at the FAA. In the Air Force, he was an air traffic controller and a missile launch officer as well as an engineer on the Titan 3 missiles. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a Master of Education from the University of Washington. Since that time he has worked as a safety and reliability engineer for Martin-Marietta Aerospace and Rockwell International on Space Shuttle design proposals. He worked for the Federal Aviation Administration as an aircraft structures certification engineer, an FAA attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia, and as a mathematics teacher and tutor. In 2005 he published the book Faded Giant with co-author James Klotz which details his UFO incident while stationed at Malmstrom AFB, Montana in 1967. In 2013, he published Unidentified – The UFO Phenomenon, providing new details on various aspects of the phenomenon. He co-sponsored a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC where he and six other ex-military witnesses testified to the reality of the UFO incidents at U.S. nuclear weapons bases. In May 2013, he participated in the Citizen’s Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club, Washington DC. On October 19, 2021, he organized a press conference at the National Press Club and spoke along with three other witnesses on UFO incursions at nuclear weapons facilities. Captain Salas has spoken at international UFO conferences in over fifteen countries, including Norway, France, UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, South Africa, Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. He has been publicly speaking about his incident at UFO conferences, radio and television since 1996.