Former U.S. Air Force Missile Launch Officer Says a UFO Activated One of His ICBMs—Twice!

This document details a 1974 incident at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, involving an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) and a Minuteman-II nuclear missile. According to an anonymous former U.S. Air Force captain who served as a missile launch officer, the event occurred at Launch Facility Romeo-29 during a 40-hour alert shift. The witness reports that security alarms were triggered, and a Security Alert Team dispatched to the site observed a large, self-illuminated object hovering over the facility. During this time, the missile system experienced an unauthorized launch enable sequence. The officer attempted to inhibit the launch, but the system restarted spontaneously, eventually proceeding through a full launch sequence, including a 'missile-away' indication. The witness later confirmed the missile remained in its silo and the 'missile-away' code was false. The object subsequently departed vertically at high speed without making noise. The incident was corroborated by radar tracking at the 24th NORAD Region SAGE Center, and the facility's ground electronics were found to be destroyed by an electrical surge. The author, Robert Hastings, contrasts this event with the official findings of Project Blue Book, which maintained that UAPs were not a national security threat. The document also includes a debate between the author and MUFON analyst Marc D’Antonio, who suggested the event might be explained by equipment failure or misidentification, a theory the witness strongly disputes based on the specific technical nature of the launch indications and radar confirmation.