Air Force Officer: “A UFO Shut Down 10 Nukes in Seconds...” (ft. Bob Salas)
July 12, 2025
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5 min read“A UFO Shut Down 10 Nukes in Seconds”
The Call from Topside
In March 1967, First Lieutenant Bob Salas was on duty in an underground launch control center at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, monitoring a flight of ten Minuteman nuclear missiles. Around 9 PM, a topside guard called down to report strange lights in the sky—objects moving at impossible speeds, stopping midair, reversing course, making 90-degree turns with no engine noise. Salas hung up, unimpressed.
Five minutes later, the guard called back. This time he was screaming.
“He's frightened. He's really frightened. He's screaming into the phone. He's babbling,” Salas recalls. The guard reported that all security personnel had their weapons trained on a huge red-orange pulsating light hovering directly over the launch facility. Salas told him to secure the perimeter. Then the guard said a guard was injured and hung up.
Before Salas could brief his commander, an alarm sounded. One by one, all ten Minuteman missiles under his control went from green (ready to launch) to red (no-go). Guidance and control system failure, across the board.
The Pattern: UFOs and Nuclear Weapons
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Introduction: The Stakes of the UFO-Nuclear Link** - Host Jesse Michels frames the episode around the existential threat of nuclear weapons and the recurring pattern of UFOs disabling them.
- 2 (06:15) **Bob Salas' Core Account: The Oscar Flight Incident** - Salas describes his role as a missile launch officer at Malmstrom AFB on March 24, 1967.
- 3 (15:30) **The Missiles Go Down** - Salas wakes his commander; before he can brief him, alarms sound as missiles begin shutting down one by one.
- 4 (19:49) **The Echo Flight Precedent** - Salas learns that the same thing happened at another flight (Echo) eight days earlier.
- 5 (25:45) **Commander Fred Meiwald Confirms** - Salas plays a recording of his former commander, who corroborates the core details: the panicked guard calls, the UFO, and the sequential missile shutdowns.
- 6 (28:07) **The Air Force's Internal Investigation** - Salas reveals that SAC headquarters demanded a Boeing investigation, calling the event "of grave concern" because they had no idea what happened.
- 7 (33:29) **The Condon Committee Whitewash** - Salas details how the Air Force's official UFO investigator, Lt. Col. Lewis Chase, denied the incident to the Condon Committee, despite having documented it.
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Show Notes
Our American Alchemist this week is Robert Salas. We dive into the alarming connection between UFO sightings and nuclear security, particularly focusing on the Malmstrom Air Force Base incident in 1967.
Robert Salas, a former missile launch officer, recounts his experiences during a night when multiple missiles went offline, coinciding with reports of UFOs in the area. The discussion also touches on the Wall Street Journal's attempts to discredit Salas's account, the broader implications of UFOs on national security, and the ongoing stigma surrounding military personnel who witness such phenomena.
We conclude with reflections on the current global nuclear landscape and the potential for extraterrestrial intervention in human affairs.
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