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Crash Retrievals
This section documents what has been alleged, testified to, or acknowledged on the record. Every claim is sourced. Status labels communicate the level of official acknowledgment.
Roswell Incident
July 1947 · ◎ Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Ranch foreman Mac Brazel discovered unusual debris across a large field. The Army Air Force initially announced recovery of a 'flying disc' before retracting within 24 hours. The official explanation has been changed three times over 50 years. Multiple witnesses described non-human materials and biological entities.
Kecksburg Crash
December 9, 1965 · ◎ Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, USA
A fireball observed across six US states came down near Kecksburg. Multiple witnesses described an acorn-shaped object with hieroglyphic-style markings before military personnel cleared the area and removed the object on a flatbed truck. The Army officially denied finding anything.
Varginha Incident
January 20, 1996 · ◎ Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Three witnesses encountered a brown humanoid creature in Varginha, Brazil. Brazilian Army and Fire Department subsequently cordoned off multiple locations and reportedly captured two beings, which were transported to a military hospital. Brazil officially denies all aspects of the incident.
Rendlesham Forest Landing
December 26, 1980 · ◎ Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
USAF personnel at RAF Bentwaters encountered a landed triangular craft in Rendlesham Forest. Deputy Base Commander Lt. Col. Charles Halt filed an official memo to the UK Ministry of Defence. Ground impressions and elevated radiation were measured. UK MOD released the Halt Memo under FOIA.
Coyame UFO Crash
August 25, 1974 · ◎ Coyame, Chihuahua, Mexico
US and Mexican radar tracked a mid-air collision between an unidentified disc and a Cessna 180 over the Chihuahuan Desert. Mexican military recovered both wreckages. A US military retrieval team reportedly found the Mexican convoy dead under mysterious circumstances and extracted the disc, leaving the bodies and Cessna wreckage behind.
Height 611 Crash — Dalnegorsk
January 29, 1986 · ◎ Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, USSR
A spherical reddish-orange object impacted a hilltop near Dalnegorsk in the Soviet Far East, burning for one hour. Soviet scientists recovered metallic mesh, glass beads, and unusual alloy fragments from the site. Laboratory analysis found materials with anomalous isotopic ratios and a gold-quartz structure with no known natural or industrial analog.
Shaitan Mazar — 'Grave of the Devil'
August 1991 · ◎ Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan, USSR
Soviet radar tracked a massive unidentified object before it crashed in the remote Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Two Russian expeditions reached the site, finding a large metallic disc embedded in the terrain. Expedition members reported unusual illnesses, equipment failures, and psychological effects during and after the visit.
David Grusch Whistleblower Testimony
July 26, 2023 · ◎ Washington D.C., USA
Former USAF intelligence officer David Grusch testified under oath before Congress that the US government has retrieved non-human craft and biological material and operates a secret reverse-engineering program concealed from congressional oversight. His ICIG complaint was found credible and urgent.
Magenta UFO Crash — Mussolini's RS/33
June 1933 · ◎ Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
A bell-shaped metallic craft reportedly crash-landed near Magenta, Italy. Mussolini's government recovered it under absolute secrecy — a fascist telegram marked 'Silenzio Assoluto' ordered total information suppression. The craft was studied by Italian scientists and the file was reportedly shared with Nazi Germany. David Grusch cited this case under oath in 2023 congressional testimony.
Kingman, Arizona Crash
May 21, 1953 · ◎ Kingman, Arizona, USA
A former Air Force officer (later identified as Arthur Stansel) described under pseudonym being transported to a crash site near Kingman, Arizona where a metallic disc-shaped craft had impacted the desert. He described seeing a small occupant in a silver suit. His account was given under hypnosis and later confirmed by name.