Section B · Military witness · USAF (Malmstrom incident)

Robert Salas

USAF Captain (ret.) · former Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander, Malmstrom AFB · witness at the Disclosure Project (2001)

Biography

USAF officer who, on March 16, 1967, was on duty as Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander at Malmstrom AFB's Oscar-Flight Launch Control Center (Montana) when his ten Minuteman ICBMs simultaneously went to 'No-Go' status, coinciding with a reported luminous object over the bunker. He is the central, named witness of the incident. At the Disclosure Project's National Press Club event (May 9, 2001) he put his testimony on the public record, later documenting it in the books 'Faded Giant' and 'Unidentified'.

Why they're here · 2 pieces

  1. 2001

    Testimonio en el Disclosure Project (National Press Club)

    Brought the Malmstrom incident (1967) onto the public record under his name

  2. 2005

    Faded Giant / Unidentified

    First-hand documentation of the missile shutdown

Sources

  • The Disclosure Project — testimonio de Robert Salas (National Press Club, 2001) — Testimony on the Malmstrom AFB incident (1967).

Associated cases (1)

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Malmstrom ICBM shutdown· 1967

On 16 March 1967, at 08:45, all ten Minuteman missiles of Malmstrom AFB's Echo squadron…

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Biography summarized from public sources, classified by section (A-F).