Robert Salas

Robert L. Salas is a ufologist and former United States Air Force officer. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Salas served on active duty in the continental United States for seven years before resigning his commission. He later worked for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ran for United States Congress.

Beginning in the late 1990s, Salas received widespread publicity for his claims that UFOs disabled a missile flight he was crewing in 1967. Later investigations confirmed that Salas' missile flight was, indeed, disabled, though the matter was due to the nearby test of an electromagnetic pulse simulator.

Early life and education Robert Salas graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and received a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.

In 1971, Salas resigned his Air Force commission because, he says, the Vietnam War "got too much for me to stomach". After retirement, from 1999 to 2016, he worked as a math teacher.

Ufology In 1994, Salas read a book by UFO author Timothy Good and came to believe an incident he experienced in 1967 was the result of UFO intervention. Salas said the second-hand report he received from the guard was of a "glowing red object" that appeared to be hovering in the air. Sometime after reading Good's book, Salas began to believe that intergalactic forces had interceded to save the world from nuclear conflict. In later years, Salas also began to claim that he was abducted by grey aliens from his home in 1985.

Salas would write three books about UFOs; speak at UFO conferences; appear as a guest on several episodes of Coast to Coast AM; and give interviews regarding UFOs on the Julie Mason Show on SiriusXM, ABC News, and other media outlets.

A later investigation determined the loss of power and visual disturbance Salas reported were due to the nearby test of an electromagnetic pulse simulator.

Personal life According to Salas, he admires Nancy Pelosi and Greta Thunberg, and seeks to model himself after Pelosi and Adam Schiff.