Historical Incidents & Events

Kingman Crash (1953)

1953

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).

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

Source: UFO-crash literature (uncorroborated)

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