Robert Salas

Born in 1940, Salas graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and received a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He served as deputy missile combat crew commander at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana and retired as a U.S. Air Force Captain.

On March 24, 1967, while on duty in the underground launch control capsule of Oscar Flight, Salas received reports from security guards of a glowing red object hovering over the front gate. During the encounter, all ten of the flight's Minuteman I nuclear missiles simultaneously went into a "No-Go" condition, with their launch systems disabled by an unknown mechanism. Salas was ordered to keep silent about the incident.

Salas came forward publicly in 1996 after reading a UFO book by Timothy Good. He served as a key speaker at Robert Hastings' 2010 National Press Club conference on UFOs and nuclear weapons and testified before congressional staff regarding UAP incidents. He authored Faded Giant (2005) and Unidentified: The UFO Phenomenon (2014), and organized a 2021 press conference gathering military veterans' UAP accounts. He is one of the most active military witnesses advocating for UAP disclosure.