Episode 36 - Captain Robert Salas

About this episode

Captain Robert Salas discusses his experience with UFOs at Malmstrom AFB in 1967.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Richard W. Beckwith

Guest: Captain Robert Salas

Topics covered

• UFOs
• military history
• nuclear weapons
• aviation
• engineering
• personal experiences

Keywords

• UFO
• Malmstrom AFB
• nuclear missiles
• Captain Robert Salas
• air traffic control
• Aerospace Engineering
• Faded Giant
• Unidentified

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Air Force Academy, Martin Marietta, Rockwell, FAA, Air Force Institute of Technology, University of Washington

Books & works: Faded Giant, Unidentified – The UFO Phenomenon

Places: Malmstrom AFB

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