Former Air Force personnel describe UFOs at nuclear sites at the National Press Club

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At a briefing organized by researcher Robert Hastings, former Air Force personnel including Robert Salas, Robert Jamison and Charles Halt said UFOs had been seen at nuclear weapons sites and claimed some missiles went offline. The accounts were their own; no new official records were released.

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  1. PressEx-Air Force Personnel: UFOs Deactivated Nukes (opens in a new tab)CBS News / 2010-09-28
  2. PressFormer Air Force Officers Claim UFOs Visited Bases, Tampered With Nukes (opens in a new tab)Popular Science / 2010-09-28
  3. PressUFOs Visited Nuclear Weapons Sites, Former Air Force Officers Say (AOL News) (opens in a new tab)History News Network / 2010-09-21

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How the story came out

This reports on Malmstrom AFB missile shutdowns (16 Mar 1967) and Rendlesham Forest incident (Dec 1980).

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