Shot Down By a Flying Saucer

... at 1:33 p.m. Godman's radar scanners locked on to an "unidentified object" which was approaching the airfield from the southeast at about 13, 000 feet. Seconds later, an enormous "Flying Saucer" was suspended

By Bruce Sandham Winnipeg Free Press 11-30-1968

above the runway. Dozens of people at Godman saw it. None of them could believe their eyes. At least, not until the "thing" attacked a U.S. fighter during one of the most incredible and tragic "unidentified flying object" dramas of all time.

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Flying Saucers: 'Dr Gee' Examined The Saucers and Found Small Bodies

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... in 1948, Scully recounts, when the first of the craft landed on a rocky plateau east of Aztec, New Mexic "Dr. Gee and seven of his group of magnetic scientists were called in to examine this strange ship," Scully wrote. After forcing their way into the "saucers," the scientists found the little men inside.

By Cincinnati Enquirer 9-8-1950

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Sixteen 'Little Bodies' Found in Spaceship Crash | The Aztec UFO Incident 71st Anniversary

Air Force officers found bodies of 16 "little men" in a space ship that crashed near Aztec, New Mexico, according to a new book, "Behind The flying Saucers." [...]

By El Paso Herald-Post 9-8-1950

Within a few hours after the flying saucer landed, according to Dr. Gee's version to Scully, the Air Force took off from Durango, Colo., and soon found the strange craft, which was about 100 feet in diameter and constructed of an unidentified material.

Inside the saucer "we found 18 bodies that ranged in height from about 36 to 42 inches," Scully quotes Dr Gee.

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The Aztec UFO Incident 71st Anniversary | – Interview with Scott & Suzanne Ramsey

The high desert of New Mexico, March 25, 1948 early morning a rancher leaves his house to let his goats out of the corral. There is a loud noise that draws his eyes to the sky where he sees a silver flying saucer wobbling as if in distress.

By Martin Willis Live Shows 3-26-19

The saucer scrapes along a rock cliff causing sparks. It then heads north and lands on a mesa. There a group of witnesses gather to examine the craft including ranchers, oil field workers, police, a county commissioner and preacher. They find that the craft is intact except for a hole the size of a quarter. They quickly grab a pole from one of their trucks and began poking in side of the craft. Suddenly the craft opens and reveals 2 slumped over dead beings. As if this isn’t amazing enough, there is so much more to this comprehensive study and documentation of a historical event. Meet the witnesses and scientists that worked on the craft. Follow the individuals involved in the cover-up and the enduring impact that this incident had on their lives and all of ours. Now available through Career Press The Aztec UFO INCIDENT.

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A national guard fighter pilot Saturday told a story of a 30-minute encounter with a mysterious flying object over this city in the darkness–and his account was supported by two control tower operators and another flier.

By San Francisco Chronicle 10-1-1948

In a signed statement for air force intelligence, the pilot, Lt. George Gorman of the 178th fighter squadron, North Dakota air national guard reported he chased and did aerial maneuvers Friday night with a lighted, disc-like object which outran and out maneuvered him.

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Forget Roswell: Aztec Has One of the Most Intriguing UFO Mysteries

The site of the 1948 UFO crash sits just north of Aztec, New Mexico, and it’s not an easy place to find. It’s hidden inside a barren desert landscape and surrounded by rugged dirt roads, eerie rock formations, and arid shrub life along County Road 2770.

By Amanda Push DGO 11-14-18

The Aztec UFO incident is a tale we hadn’t heard until a couple of months ago. In March 1948, as the story goes, a 100-foot saucer is believed to have crashed just north of Aztec. Unlike the Roswell crash, which took place only eight months prior, the Aztec UFO is believed to have landed on Earth mostly intact, with its occupants killed by the impact. The government is believed to have then descended upon the site to sweep up its contents and place them in a black hole of red-taped secrecy.

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UFOs, The CIA and President Harry Truman

Excerpt of Oral History Interview with Edward D. Lilly

By James R. Fuchs 2-28-1974

Subject: UFOs;

Date: 1948

     In this time period the UFO phenomenon was getting quite a bit of play in the press, radio, TV and from miscellaneous other sources. All manner of objects and things were being seen in the sky by people, including attempted UFO landings and UFO hoverings over isolated areas. There was even a report of seeing little men with big round heads getting in and out of a UFO. Well, the President, like any other citizen, is exposed to all these goings on, too.

In any case, I was called one afternoon to come to the Oval Office--the President wanted to see me. We talked about UFO reports and what might be the meaning for all these rather way-out reports of sightings, and the subject in general. The president said he hadn't give much serious thought to all these reports; but at the same time, he said, if there was any evidence of a strategic threat to the national security, the collection and evaluation of UFO data by Central Intelligence warranted more intense study and attention at the highest government level.

I was directed to report quarterly to the President after consulting with Central Intelligence people, as to whether or not any UFO incidents received by them could be considered as having any strategic threatening implications at all.

The report was to be made orally by me unless it was considered by intelligence to be so serious or alarming as to warrant a more detailed report in writing. During the four and one-half years in office there, all reports were made orally. Nothing of substance considered credible or threatening to the country was ever received from intelligence. Note: the Air Force had been charged by the Department of Defense with the collection and evaluation of UFO data from all sources such as the other services, the National Weather Service, and any other reliable source.

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UFO Crash at Aztec – The Roswell Connection | 69th Anniversary

As a kid growing up in Aztec, NM in the late 1940’s to the late 1950’s, I had heard many rumors and talk about the UFO crash north of Aztec. The other kids at school would occasionally discuss the event and when and where it occurred. I also remember going outside at recess and looking at some of the mass UFO formations in the area about 1950. For the old time Aztec folks, I attended Mrs. Martin’s 2nd grade class in the old 4 room, red brick, 2 story schoolhouse. There were big enclosed fire escape slides from the second floor. It was located on the site where the “new” high school was constructed in the mid-1950’s.

By Virgil J. Riggs The UFO Chronicles © 2004-2017

I had heard my Dad and other roughnecks in the oil “patch” discuss the crash and the “little guys inside!” I don’t think my dad seriously believed the event occurred, as he was not witness to the happenings. But the subject of the crash was the topic of many conversations at The Gas Cap Café, The Aztec Café; Bill’s Place Bar, and The Highway Lounge. I went to all of these places with my dad. While we were looked down upon as “oilfield trash,” the so-called “good” people of Aztec had no problem cashing my Dad’s oilfield paychecks.

I went into the US Air Force in March of 1960. Was stationed at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. and later at Kunsan AB, Korea. After the isolated tour of duty in Korea, I was allowed my choice of duty assignments. I opted for a consecutive overseas assignment, and I asked for Japan, England, France, or anyplace in Europe. In 1964, I was assigned to the U. S. munitions base at RAF Welford, Newbury, Berkshire, England.

Duty in England was good. I bought a little English car, a Morris Minor. My sister in Farmington, NM mailed me a NM State University window sticker, which I put in the window of the little car.

I was at work at the base motor pool one day when a fellow from the vehicle maintenance shop walked across the street and asked if I was from New Mexico, as he had seen the sticker on my car. We introduced ourselves. His family name was XXXX, with the nickname of “Sam.” We compared past duty stations, and realized that we had both been stationed in Korea about the same time! I was at Kunsan AB, and Sam had been at Osan, AB in 1963/1964, before we were both reassigned to RAF Welford in England.

I told Sam XXXX that I was from the 4-Corners area of New Mexico and he asked me if I ever lived in Aztec? I told Sam XXXX that I had indeed lived in Aztec and that I knew the area and town fairly well. Sam said that he had been in Aztec briefly in 1948. I assumed that he had been in the oilfield. Sam suggested that we meet at the Airman’s Club after dinner and talk. I agreed.

Our conversation was pretty much about Aztec. I asked Sam XXXX why he was so interested in Aztec, NM?

Sam asked me what all I knew about the UFO crash at Aztec in 1948? I told him that I had heard about it for most of my life, but that I had no direct knowledge about it. Sam XXXX then asked me if I thought we were alone in the universe? I replied that I thought there had to be intelligent life out there somewhere. Sam told me that he knew for a fact there was life from elsewhere, as he had seen some actual “little bodies” and that he had been involved with the UFO crash retrieval at Aztec, NM in March of 1948! He had been stationed at Roswell, NM and was flown with a group of USAF personnel to Durango, CO by C-47 (DC-3) aircraft, then driven on down to the crash site.

Sam told me that he had seen the bodies at the Aztec crash site, as they were loaded onto a truck. He did not tell me if the bodies were in body bags, caskets, or preserved in any way, but he thought they were placed in the cargo truck for protection from the elements and out of sight. He thought the bodies were eventually moved to Ohio by road transportation and that the craft was moved by road transportation to the new secure airport at Las Alamos, NM. Sam also related that a light, spring, snowstorm had occurred while the detachment was at the crash site before the craft was dismantled and removed. Sam was amazed that snow and ice accumulated on the military vehicles, but there was no accumulation on the craft’s surface.

I asked Sam XXXX about food and quarters for the troops while at Aztec. Sam said they were on the crash site 24/7 and never left. They were provided food rations and sleeping bags. Sleep in shifts was in, under, or in the cargo bed of some of the military vehicles. No tents or cots or hot chow was available. Latrine facilities were in the brush. Sam XXXX’ main duty was to provide perimeter security of the crash site, to keep unauthorized persons away. Sam XXXX was at the very bottom in the chain of command, and was a very young trooper at the time.

We carried on this conversation for the next three years in which Sam’s story was never changed, enhanced, or embellished. Sam XXXX warned me not to talk about the event at Aztec, as talking about the UFO crash had caused his US Air Force career to suffer badly. He was the only A/2C (E-3) with nearly 20 years of service that I had ever met. I was 22 years old, and Sam was in his late 30’s. Sam XXXX always looked over his shoulder, and always ended our conversations that perhaps “he had talked too much already.”

Sam XXXX and I both were advanced to A/1C (E-4) about the same time at RAF Welford. Sam and I both got married about the same time in 1965. We both moved into the married quarters on the base at RAF Welford, into trailer houses next to each other for nearly three years. Sam is a good friend, and I certainly hope that he can be located. I hope that he survived Vietnam!

I went back to the US for separation from the US Air Force and entry into the US Navy Seabees, in July of 1968. Repeated tours of Vietnam followed. Sam XXXX went directly to an air base in Vietnam, I think, about the same time. Have not seen or heard about Sam XXXX since. As I am now 63 years of age, Sam XXXX will be about 83 years of age or more.

I heard Stanton Friedman on a radio program one evening in 2003 talking about Scott Ramsey and his research into the 1948 UFO crash at Aztec, NM. Mr. Friedman asked for anyone with any knowledge of the event to e-mail him. I sent an e-mail and it was forwarded to Scott Ramsey.

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UFOs Reported Over Saigon | UFO CHRONICLE – 1948

The French News Agency AFP reported today that two Flying Saucers were sighted yesterday in Saigon, Indo-China.

The Morning News 8-4-1948

The first of the strange objects made a brief appearance over the city at midday, AFP said. The second reportedly whipped and whirled through the Saigon sky for a full 15 minutes just before sunset.

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Translucent UFO Investigated By Office of Special Investigations | UFO CHRONICLE – 1948

The object was a shape similar to an ameba (see above). The object was shaped so that it appeared that there were three (3) appendages forward and two (2) aft.... Further it appeared that the main part of the object was translucent and of a dirty gray color and that the dark, circular portion appeared to grow more dense in color as it approached the center. (Click and or right click on image[s] to enlarge).

"The object was a shape similar to an ameba (see above). The object was shaped so that it appeared that there were three (3) appendages forward and two (2) aft. These appendages seemed to be flapping or oscillating while the center portion remained stable. In the center of the object there appeared a round, dark, circle which

Armin F. Herold OSI - Report of Investigation 11-12-1948

seemed to be above the main body of the object. Further it appeared that the main part of the object was translucent and of a dirty gray color and that the dark, circular portion appeared to grow more dense in color as it approached the center."

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UFO Eludes P-51 Fighter Pilot | UFO CHRONICLE – 1948

A National Guard fighter pilot today told a story of a thirty-minute encounter with a mysterious flying object over this city last night–and his account was supported by two control tower operators and another flier.

AP 10-2-1948

In a signed statement for Air force Intelligence, the pilot, Lieutenant George Gorman of the 178th Fighter Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard, asserted that he chased and engaged in aerial maneuvers with a lighted, disk-like object which outran and out maneuvered him. He was flying an F-51 fighter.

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34 men measuring between 36 and 40 inches in height had been found dead in the Flying Saucers (UFOs)

By Frank Scully The Charleston Daily Mail 1-24-1951

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Air Force officers found bodies of 16 "little men" in a space ship that crashed near Aztec, New Mexico, according to a new book, "Behind The flying Saucers."

El Paso Herald-Post 9-8-1950

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Air Force Pilot Describes Foo Fighter Encounter Over North Carolina | VIDEO

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UFO Crash at Aztec – The Roswell Connection (Redux)

By Virgil J. Riggs
The UFO Chronicles
© 2004-2016

     As a kid growing up in Aztec, NM in the late 1940’s to the late 1950’s, I had heard many rumors and talk about the UFO crash north of Aztec. The other kids at school would occasionally discuss the event and when and where it occurred. I also remember going outside at recess and looking at some of the mass UFO formations in the area about 1950.

For the old time Aztec folks, I attended Mrs. Martin’s 2nd grade class in the old 4 room, red brick, 2 story schoolhouse. There were big enclosed fire escape slides from the second floor. It was located on the site where the “new” high school was constructed in the mid-1950’s.

I had heard my Dad and other roughnecks in the oil “patch” discuss the crash and the “little guys inside!” I don’t think my dad seriously believed the event occurred, as he was not witness to the happenings. But the subject of the crash was the topic of many conversations at The Gas Cap Café, The Aztec Café; Bill’s Place Bar, and The Highway Lounge. I went to all of these places with my dad. [...]

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UFO Dogfight Witnessed By Control Tower and Other Pilots

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UFO Authors Return to Site of Aztec Flying Saucer Crash | 67th ANNIVERSARY of THE AZTEC UFO CRASH

Scott and Susan Ramsey at their plaque marking the site of an alleged UFO crash (Credit: Alexa Rogals — The Daily Times)

By James Fenton
The Daily Times
3-2-8-15

      AZTEC — They're baaack.

Authors and UFO researchers Scott and Suzanne Ramsey returned to Aztec last week from their home in North Carolina to continue work for an expanded and updated edition of the couple's 2012 self-published book "The Aztec Incident — Recovery at Hart Canyon."

After conducting more than a quarter of a century of research, the Ramseys — Suzanne Ramsey is from Farmington — once again traversed the sandstone mesas of Hart Canyon, 8 miles northeast of Aztec, to examine the area where believers say a UFO crash landed 67 years ago.

Aztec's brush with alien life is purported to have occurred on March 25, 1948. . . .

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By Oakland Tribune
6-27-1948

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