Claim · G-020
David Grusch: Speculates that the shutdown of the missiles at Malmstrom base in 1967 may reflect behavior by non-human intelligences.
David Grusch · Jun 2023 · Interview with NewsNation with Ross Coulthart (June 2023) (Interview)
Opinion or hypothesis UAP and nuclear weapons
Disputed
It is a hypothesis known from a press summary, against which there is an alternative explanation attributed to AARO by the Wall Street Journal (2025) and itself disputed.
- In support
- According to journalist Nick Cook, Robert Salas disputes the explanation attributed to AARO.
- Against or denials
- According to the Wall Street Journal investigation (June 2025), Kirkpatrick's team at AARO traced the 1967 Malmstrom sighting to an electromagnetic pulse test platform; these findings are known from press accounts and not from a published AARO report (volume 2 of the historical report does not appear to have been released).
Sources
- LiveNOW from FOX, the Wall Street Journal investigation into Pentagon disinformation (June 2025) (press)
- Higgypop, summary of Grusch's claims in the NewsNation interview (published in 2025) (press)
- Jason Colavito, the Wall Street Journal investigation into the Pentagon's false evidence (June 6, 2025) (analysis, skeptical)
- Nick Cook, “Disclosure by other means” (Substack, June 15, 2025) (analysis, pro-disclosure)
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- Malmstrom 1967: the ten missiles of Echo Flight out of service Disputed explanation
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