With recent testimony from a whistleblowing intelligence officer and bipartisan calls for disclosure of the government's extensive reporting of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (the government's new phrase of art for UFOs), and information revealed about the possession of alien technology, few people are better place to comment on these startling developments than Ojai resident Bob Salas.

In 1967, Salas, then an Air Force missile officer, witnessed a bizarre incident, in which a hovering UFO over the gates near a missile launch facility on Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana coincided with the disabling of the 10 nuclear missiles under Salas' watch. He learned much later that two other UFO-associated shutdowns of nuclear missile facilities occurred within the past six months of 1966 and 1967, including one a mere eight days prior, also at Malmstrom. A quarter-century later, he realized that the Air Force did not hold up their end of the non-disclosure bargain, and so Salas felt free to talk about his experiences, writing "Faded Giants" and "Unidentified," revealing details of his encounters, those of many other people, as well as behind-the-scenes coverups and secrecy.

We talked about his books, the implications of these startling recent developments as well as their profound implications. We did not talk about Shohei Ohtani trade rumors, pixie tangerines or the Nazca Lines.

You can read more about Salas' account and his research in "Faded Giants" and "Unidentified: The UFO Phenomenon."