Skeptoid #842: The Day the UFO Deactivated the Nukes

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

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🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

It's said that in 1967, a UFO once deactivated an entire flight of US nuclear missiles in their silos.

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0:00.0	If you follow today's UFO news, you might have heard that UFOs have been known to disable
0:08.8	nuclear missiles.
0:10.4	Sound like a serious threat to national security?
0:12.9	Well it sure would be.
0:14.3	Today, we're going to point our skeptical eye straight at the original story that germinated
0:19.8	this popular detail in the modern UFO phenomenon, and to see if it stands up to scrutiny.
0:26.8	This is today UnSkeptoid.
0:32.8	You're listening to Skeptoid.
0:34.3	I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
0:37.8	The day the UFO deactivated the nukes.
0:43.1	Just before 8.45 on an icy morning, March 16, 1967, missile officers at Malmstrom Air
0:49.9	Force Base in Montana were all snug in their underground launch control centers, some asleep,
0:56.0	others on duty, and perhaps enjoying a hot coffee.
0:59.5	All were ready to do their job and launch their missiles should the call come in, which luckily
1:04.2	it never did.
1:05.7	But this was not to be the ordinary quiet shift.
1:09.0	Lieutenant Robert Solis was the one at the console, and one by one, 10 warning lights representing
1:14.6	the 10 missiles of Oscar flight all blanked on.
1:18.4	He scrambled to his feet, and just as he was waking his partner, a phone call came in.
1:23.2	It was his top side security team.
1:25.6	They said there were strange lights flying around, with a red one hovering right outside
1:29.3	their gate.
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