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Malmstrom AFB Missile Shutdown

DATE16 Mar 1967
LOCAL TIME8:45 AM
LOCATIONMalmstrom AFB, Montana, USA, United States
COORDINATES47.56°N, 111.19°W

All ten Minuteman nuclear ICBMs at Echo Flight simultaneously went offline while security guards reported a large glowing red object above the launch facility. Eight days later, ten more ICBMs shut down at Oscar Flight under similar circumstances. One of the most significant cases of alleged UFO interference with nuclear weapons.

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Capt. Robert Salas

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