Capt. Robert L. Salas

Positions on the chart (1)

• USAF Minuteman launch officer, Oscar Flight, 1967 Documented
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Registry record

Past roles

USAF Minuteman missile launch officer; deputy missile combat crew commander at Oscar Flight

Credentials

U.S. Air Force Academy graduate; missile launch-control experience

UAP involvement

Reported Oscar Flight missile no-go indications following telephone reports of unusual aerial lights

Principal disclosures

Personally received security-controller calls and observed launch-control indications; did NOT personally see alleged object

Evidence contributed

First-person written recollection; public interviews and affidavit

Knowledge type

Firsthand control-room witness; secondhand aerial observation

Corroboration

Echo Flight outage separately documented; equivalent Oscar technical record not publicly established

Assessment

Substantive witness to reported Oscar control indications; object identity and causation unverified

Rank source

Added V86 from public record – verify

Last reviewed

2026-10-29

Evidence (2)

• Received security-controller telephone calls describing aerial lights and glowing object ReportedFirsthand
  E108 · 1967-03-24 (recounted 2011) · First-person retrospective testimony of communication
• Reported Oscar Flight missile-control no-go indications Claim unverifiedFirsthand
  E109 · 1967-03-24 (recounted 2011) · First-person retrospective operational testimony