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Kingman Crash (1953)

Name: Kingman Crash (1953)
Start: 1953-05-21
End: 1953-05-21

1953-05-21what this date marks is not recorded

ends 1953-05-21what this end marks is not recorded

Alleged May 1953 crash-retrieval near Kingman, Arizona: an engineer using the pseudonym Fritz Werner (Arthur G. Stancil) claimed he was flown in under guard to examine a downed disc during Nevada nuclear-test operations. Uncorroborated UFO-crash lore, not documented fact; noted as a recurring mid-century data point for the who-analyzed-the-wreckage question (physicist Ed Doll is named in some accounts, later linked to TRW).

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufo", "crash-retriev". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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physicist Ed Doll, named in some accounts of the crash, is claimed to have later worked at TRW (uncorroborated lore)

UFO-crash literature (uncorroborated)

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An alleged 1953 crash near Kingman, Arizona.