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Former Air Force officers' UAP and nuclear weapons press conference

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Robert Salas being interviewed
Former Air Force officer Robert Salas, a speaker at the 2021 National Press Club event Moszkowicz, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At the National Press Club, Robert Salas and three other former Air Force officers described 1960s incidents in which they said UFOs coincided with missiles going offline or appeared during tests. The accounts repeat claims first made decades after the events and have not been officially confirmed.

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  1. PressUFOs Disabled Weapons at Nuclear Facilities, According to These Former USAF OfficersThe Debrief / 2021-10-20

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How the story came out

This reports on Malmstrom AFB missile shutdowns (16 Mar 1967) and Big Sur Atlas launch film claim (22 Sep 1964).

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