Career
Between 28 March 1966 and 25 July 1966 he was Minister of Industry in Indonesia. Salatun observed unidentified flying object phenomena in 1974. Two of his famous works are “Menjingkap Rahasia piring terbang” (Revealing the Secret of Flying Saucer) in 1960, and "unidentified flying object: Salah Satu Masalah Dunia Masa Kini” (unidentified flying object, One Of The Present Riddles) in 1982.
He established SUFOI (Indonesian unidentified flying object Study) in the 1980s.
In a letter published in 1974 he wrote, “I am convinced that we must study the unidentified flying object problem seriously for reasons of sociology, technology, and security.”.