Malmstrom AFB — Echo & Oscar Flight Incidents

Two adjacent incidents at Malmstrom AFB. On March 16, 1967, ten Minuteman I ICBMs in Echo Flight dropped to 'No-Go' alert in rapid succession. On March 24, 1967, Crew Commander Lt. Col. Frederick Meiwald and Deputy Crew Commander Capt. Robert Salas — assigned to Oscar Flight — reported a near-simultaneous shutdown of their flight's missiles while security personnel above ground reported a luminous object hovering over the front gate. Salas has consistently distinguished the two incidents in subsequent congressional and on-the-record testimony. The Air Force has acknowledged the missile shutdowns but disputes the UAP correlation. The associated communications logs were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.