Robert Salas is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy. He served seven years on active duty. He worked as a weapons controller, flew target drones, commanded intercontinental ballistic missiles as a launch officer, and worked as an Air Force missile propulsion engineer on the Titan III program. From 1971 to 1973, he worked as a safety and reliability engineer for Martin Marietta Aerospace and Rockwell International on space shuttle design proposals. From 1974 until his retirement in 1995, he worked for the Federal Aviation Administration. In 2022, he testified at the Brazilian Senate's public hearing on UFOs.
"""UAPs and the Nuclear Puzzle will help inform the public and move us forward on our journey towards a new understanding of history, UAP, and our own true nature with respect to the larger reality that is revealing itself to us."" --Leslie Kean, bestselling author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record ""I can't overstate the significance of military testimony from witnesses such as former launch control officer Robert Salas. It's brave folks like him that have kept me pushing for further government transparency on what may turn out to be the biggest story in modern times."" --James Fox, director/producer of Moment of Contact ""Salas takes the reader on a compelling and heartfelt journey through the minefields and thickets of government secrecy and cover-ups as he experienced it from his own encounters with ET, while weaving into his page-turning narrative a concise history of the modern UFO phenomenon."" --Thomas J. Carey, bestselling coauthor of UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson ""A sober yet heartfelt narrative which dares you to dismiss it without due consideration."" --Fortean Times "". . . fasten your seat belt. You are in for a fascinating ride."" --Stanton T. Friedman, author of Flying Saucers and Science and Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience ""Not only is Bob Salas an Air Force insider who had his ufological teeth cut by firsthand experiences, but he also possesses the scholarly background to analyze those events. With his tireless tenacity and no-nonsense mission towards disclosure, Bob is a genuine throwback to one of my own heroes, Edward Ruppelt."" --Donald R. Schmitt, bestselling coauthor of Witness to Roswell"