{"type":"events","slug":"1969-malmstrom-afb-echo-flight-shutdown","title":"Malmstrom AFB Echo Flight Shutdown","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1969-malmstrom-afb-echo-flight-shutdown","description":"Reports surfaced that ten missiles in Echo Flight powered down after UFO activity at Malmstrom in 1969","date":"1969-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Military"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":6,"lat":47.5,"lng":-111.2,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Rumored power loss\n\nSome former personnel alleged that unidentified lights near Echo Flight coincided with a sudden shutdown of Minuteman missiles, though official records cite hardware failure.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n## Investigative controversy\n\nResearchers including [Robert Hastings](/people/robert-hastings) gathered affidavits suggesting a coverup, while skeptics argue the claims conflate earlier 1967 incidents with later rumors.[^4][^5]\n\n\n[^1]: [Declassified 341st Strategic Missile Wing unit histories for the 1967 Malmstrom Echo Flight shutdown](https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/malmstromufo.pdf)\n[^2]: [Salas interview 2010](https://www.theufochronicles.com/2010/03/ufo-shuts-down-nukes-at-malmstrom-afb.html)\n[^3]: [AARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1 (2024)](https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/AARO_Historical_Record_Report_Vol_1_2024.pdf)\n[^4]: [Hastings: Missile shutdowns](https://www.ufohastings.com/articles/missile-ufo-incidents)\n[^5]: [Project Black Echo: Malmstrom close encounter reports and 1967 missile-UFO debate](https://www.projectblackecho.com/incidents/close-encounters/malmstrom-close-encounter-reports)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"robert-hastings","title":"Robert Hastings","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/robert-hastings"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1969-malmstrom-afb-echo-flight-shutdown","title":"Malmstrom AFB Echo Flight Shutdown","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1969-malmstrom-afb-echo-flight-shutdown","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["Reports surfaced that ten missiles in Echo Flight powered down after UFO activity at Malmstrom in 1969"],"evidence":["documents"]}