Have you ever heard the stories about nuclear missile site + systems going down after weird lights were seen in the night sky above the site. (Malmstrom AFB, Montana, March 1967)
This is the closest match for the “nuke site,” “weapons systems broken,” and “no one could explain it” part. At Malmstrom Air Force Base, flights of Minuteman ICBMs went into “no-go” status (unlaunchable) on at least one documented occasion (16 March 1967, Echo Flight—all ten missiles). A second similar event is claimed for 24 March (Oscar Flight).20
Former launch officer Robert Salas and others later said security personnel reported strange lights or a glowing object (often described as red/orange, sometimes discussed in broader “lights in the sky” terms) around the same time the missiles dropped offline. They have argued the two events were connected and that something unknown interfered with the systems. Official Air Force records from the time said rumors of UFOs at Echo Flight were checked and not supported; the cause was listed as an unexplained electrical/power anomaly. Boeing and Air Force investigators could not reproduce the exact failure. Later commentary has included claims of a classified EMP-related test, which remains disputed.10
These stories circulated in UFO literature, veteran interviews, and books such as UFOs and Nukes. They are presented as evidence that whatever was seen used some form of interference technology. There is no publicly confirmed official conclusion that aliens disabled the weapons.
Other related rumors from 1940–1980
1942 Battle of Los Angeles: unidentified lights, heavy anti-aircraft fire, wartime panic.
Multiple reports of lights or objects near nuclear facilities and missile fields in the 1960s–1970s (Malmstrom again in 1975, Minot, and others).
Rendlesham Forest (1980, just at the edge of your window): lights near a base that stored nuclear weapons; some later claims of equipment effects.
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