Malmstrom UFO Sighting, 1977 — AARO Records (D213P30)
A modern wave case from Malmstrom, Ellsworth, Vandenberg, and Minot USAF bases. Between 1966 and 1977, five former USAF members reported UAP sightings near ICBM silos.
Background
In 1977, in Malmstrom, Ellsworth, Vandenberg, and Minot USAF bases, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recorded the unidentified-phenomenon case described below. The case is preserved in AARO’s 2024-2025 publications and consolidated annual reports to Congress, declassified or released in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense reporting cycles.
A sighting from the modern era of post-blue-book civilian and military reports.
The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
What the document records
Between 1966 and 1977, five former USAF members reported UAP sightings near ICBM silos. Some claimed the UAPs caused malfunctions or total power failures in launch control facilities. One interviewee and a videographer claimed to have witnessed a UAP destroy an ICBM mid-flight.
Type of case
The case is a visual sighting reported by ground or air observers.
Status
AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded that they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include commercial drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.