Aztec, New Mexico UFO Crash Claim
Disputed 1948 crash-and-recovery claim similar to Roswell
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| Date | March 1948 (claimed) |
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| Location | Aztec, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Type | Crash claim |
| Status | Debunked |
A 1950 book, Behind the Flying Saucers by Frank Scully, described a crashed disc recovered near Aztec, New Mexico, along with sixteen humanoid bodies, based on information Scully attributed to two anonymous sources.
Assessment
A 1952 True magazine investigation identified Scully’s sources as Silas Newton and Leo GeBauer, con artists who were later convicted of fraud in an unrelated scheme selling bogus oil-detection devices; researchers on all sides of the UFO debate, including many otherwise credulous of the broader phenomenon, regard the Aztec story as a fabrication.
[1]See also
References
- ^ Barker, J. (1956). “The Flying Saucers That Never Were,” investigative exposé in True magazine, reprint.