United States · 16 March 1967

Echo Flight, 1967

Documented

The declassified wing history states flatly that all sites in Echo Flight shut down with No-Go indications: ten nuclear launch facilities lost strategic alert near-simultaneously and the cause was never established.

Where
Echo Flight, Malmstrom AFB, Montana
When
16 March 1967
Who reported it
USAF missile combat crews and Mobile Strike Teams
Entities described
None reported
Handled as
INVESTIGATED / UNRESOLVED
Evidence class
GOV-1

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

The document is attached to this entry.

What is not settled

The case's strongest counter-argument is in the same document: rumours of UFOs around Echo Flight during the fault were disproven, and the Mobile Strike Team stated no unusual activity or sightings were observed. The UFO linkage rests on later personal testimony the official history contradicts.

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