Robert Salas (Malmstrom AFB Witness, 10 ICBMs Shut Down March 16 1967, 'Red Pulsating Oval 30 Feet Diameter')

Overview

ASSESSMENT: Robert Salas is the DEPUTY MISSILE COMBAT CREW COMMANDER who witnessed 10 ICBMs shut down while a 'red pulsating oval object, 30 feet in diameter' hovered over the front gate at Malmstrom AFB (March 16, 1967). 1967: Air Force lieutenant, 26 years old. Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander (DMCCC). Malmstrom AFB, Montana. Echo Flight Launch Control Center. 60 feet underground, monitoring 10 nuclear missiles. MARCH 16, 1967: 'At 0845, all sites in Echo (E) Flight shut-down with No-Go indications. All lost strategic alert nearly simultaneously. No other Wing lost alert.' ENCOUNTER: First call from security NCO — 'lights' overflying LCF. Salas 'believed first call to be a joke.' Second call 5-10 min later — 'much more agitated, screaming, very frightened.' 'Sir, I've got all the guards out here, weapons drawn, looking at orange or reddish pulsating oval-shaped object, about 30 feet in diameter, hovering above front gate.' 'One guard injured.' Salas woke commander. 'Within seconds, missiles began shutting down from Alert to No-Go.' 'Most, if not all, shut down in rapid succession.' 'None came back on line.' 'Problem not lack of power; some signal sent to missiles causing them to go off alert.' 'Took about a day to get missiles back up.' 'Nobody injured, not an attack, but national security incident.' POST: 'Discussed with squadron commander + AFOSI investigator. Colonel just as shocked. Neither he nor anyone could explain it.' 'None of crews ever received additional information.' PUBLIC: August 1996 Great Falls Tribune. September 27, 2010 National Press Club (Hastings event). 'I want government to acknowledge this phenomenon exists.' OFFICIAL: Air Force report 'disproved UFO rumors.' 2025 Pentagon report claims 'classified test of electromagnetic pulse device.' Skeptics claim 'planet Mars.' CRITICAL: 10 ICBMs simultaneous shutdown = probability essentially zero. 'Signal sent to missiles' = external electromagnetic intervention. 'Red pulsating oval, 30 feet' = specific physical object. Guard screaming + weapons drawn = trained personnel terrified. Guard injured = physical effects. 'Not an attack' = intent to disable nukes, not harm personnel. 'National security incident.' No explanation ever provided. 2025 'EMP device' = cover story or truth (either extraordinary). 'Planet Mars' debunking not credible. National Press Club = public testimony.

Entity Type: Assessment — Robert Salas (Malmstrom AFB Witness, 10 ICBMs Shut Down March 16 1967, 'Red Pulsating Oval 30 Feet Diameter') is an analytical assessment synthesizing multiple data points.

Source Documents

Intelligence derived from 5 source documents:

• nicap.org — Minuteman Missiles Shutdown by Robert Salas
• en.wikipedia.org — Malmstrom UFO incident
• theblackvault.com — UFO Case Malmstrom AFB March 16 1967
• abcnews.com — Former Airmen to Govt Come Clean on UFOs
• transcripts.cnn.com — Larry King Live with Robert Salas