UFOs & Nukes: Disturbing UFO Events at U.S. Nuclear Bases (Via Zoom)
- Southeast Michigan Mensa
- January 17, 2026

In 1969, the US Air Force issued a statement that read‚ "No UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security."
Robert Salas, our speaker this month, disputes this. As a retired United States Air Force Officer, he claims to have personally witnessed a UFO visiting and disabling nuclear missiles.
In 1967, Robert Salas was an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launch controller and missile-propulsion engineer for the United States Air Force. He was responsible for manning nuclear payloads at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. It was an era defined by the peak of Cold War nuclear tensions, with the only protection being "Mutually Assured Destruction."
Join us on Jan. 17 to learn more about the UFO incident Mr. Salas witnessed and detailed in the book Faded Giant, which he co-authored with James Klotz. You'll also hear about other UFO and UAP* incidents occurring over the last eighty years, which he claims have also been covered up by the government.
Robert Salas is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and served seven years on active duty. He worked as a weapons controller, flew target drones, commanded intercontinental ballistic missiles as a launch officer, and worked as an Air Force missile propulsion engineer on the Titan III program. From 1971 to 1973, he worked as a safety and reliability engineer for Martin-Marietta Aerospace and Rockwell International on Space Shuttle design proposals. From 1974 until his retirement in 1995, he worked for the Federal Aviation Administration. After retirement, from 1999 to 2016, he worked as a math teacher.
Mr. Salas has been publicly speaking at UAP*/UFO conferences, on radio, and on television since 1996. His latest book is UAPs* and the Nuclear Puzzle.
*UAP, an abbreviation for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, is a recently coined term that includes not only sightings of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, but also includes unexplained phenomena, unusual movements, and energy signatures, both naturally occurring or as a result of technology.
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