Summary

Retired U.S. Air Force Captain and Minuteman ICBM Launch Control Officer who is the primary living witness to the March 16, 1967 Echo Flight incident at Malmstrom AFB, Montana - in which all ten nuclear-armed Minuteman missiles went offline simultaneously while surface security personnel reported a glowing red UAP hovering over the front gate. The missile shutdowns are documented in declassified USAF records. Salas went public in the 1990s and co-organized the landmark September 2010 National Press Club 'UFOs and Nuclear Weapons' press conference alongside six other former USAF officers, presenting signed affidavits and declassified documents before national media.

Roles

• -USAF Minuteman ICBM Launch Control Officer, Malmstrom AFB
• -Captain, U.S. Air Force (ret.)
• -Author - Faded Giant (2005)
• -Co-organizer, UFOs and Nuclear Weapons National Press Club event (2010)

Organizations

Education

• -B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy (1964)
• -M.S., Systems Management, University of Southern California

Early Career

• -Commissioned as a USAF officer following graduation from the Air Force Academy in 1964
• -Assigned to Strategic Air Command as a Minuteman I ICBM launch control officer at Malmstrom AFB, Montana
• -Trained in nuclear weapons protocols and Minuteman missile launch procedures under Strategic Air Command

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