'I'm sorry. Did I say something wrong?' Captain Robert Salas joked after delivering the blunt opinion to Congresswoman Nancy Mace during an episode of the podcast Total Disclosure.

At the height of the Cold War, a then 26-year-old USAF Lieutenant Salas was underground while overseeing Malmstrom Air Force Base's nuclear equipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in Montana.

He claimed an eerie red glowing UFO above the base's front gate temporarily disabled 10 ICBMs on the night of March 24, 1967. 

'They knew exactly how our systems worked. Exactly,' Capt Salas told South Carolina Representative Mace, speaking about the UFO's mysterious pilots.

Capt Salas was grilled by Rep Mace about what he thought the UFO's pilots were trying to convey.

''WTF!? You have nuclear weapons,'' he said, paraphrasing these appalled, pacifist aliens. 'That's what I think [they meant] .Of course, it's just my opinion.'

Both Rep Mace and Capt Salas spoke on the podcast Total Disclosure for an episode released online November 24, 2024. 

In his analysis of the Malmstrom AFB incidents, the retired official was adamant the nonviolent, nondestructive nature of the UFOs interactions might be a clue as to the potentially extraterrestrial occupants' peaceful intent.

'No equipment was fried. Nothing was damaged,' Capt Salas told Rep Mace.

'It was simply intermittent electrical pulse that was delivered to a particular part of the guidance system, called the logic coupler,' he explained. 

'And this was proven by Boeing. Boeing did a test of this so-called logic coupler.'

'Without that piece of equipment working properly, the guidance system would not properly work,' he continued. 'So, the missile shut itself down.' 

'The missiles were all brought back up on alert within 24 hours,' he noted.