A PLETHORA OF CRASHES: A SERIES OF HOAXES OR HIDDEN HISTORY?

HOAX: " something intended to deceive or defraud"; often for gain; often for humor.

Alleged Hoaxes:

Maury Island UFO, May-June 1947

Houstin Area, Metal Discs, June 1947 (with a return to a military source label)

Aztec, New Mexico UFO, March 1948 

Mexico UFO, 1949-1950

Alleged Crashes of UFO's:

Aurora UFO, Aurora, Texas 1897

Roswell, New Mexico, 1947 (June 14 if AF answer is accepted; July 2 if not)

Aztec, New Mexico, 1948 (March)

Del Rio, Texas, 1950 (December 6; also called the El Indio Guerrero crash site)

Kingman, Arizona, 1953 (May 21)

Las Vegas, Nevada, 1962 (April 18; a multi-state sighting; if astronomical, possible landing in Utah)

Like famous movie line, "there can be only one", the number of "crashes" has always been a point of contention. For a theoretically advanced civilization visiting our planet they were apparently lousy pilots. Of course, there was more than one time when an order to shoot down one the objects was issued by US military higher ups. So that might be a consideration. Isolated electrical storms have been suggested as a possible cause for the Roswell event. A powerful radar array had been offered as a reason for the alleged Kingman, AZ event.

Accidents do happen. It is interesting that the Roswell-Aztec-Del Rio-Kingman events contain so many of the same elements. It has been this researcher's theory for some time that Roswell occurred, silence applied, but  

Alleged Landings of UFO's:

All "Contactee" stories [note I think contactees may reflect a different process entirely]

Sapulpa, Oklahoma,1965 (Aug 2; near bridge between Keifer and Sapulpa)

Temple, Oklahoma, 1966 (March)

Justin, Texas (Aug 1965)

Sherman, Texas (Aug 1965)

Delphi, Kansas (1973)

COMMON FEATURES IN SEVERAL MAJOR CRASH STORIES

Explanation:

Disc - The shape of the craft(s) reported seen

Size -  Diameter estimate of size by witnesses or other sources

Radar - Some mention of an object potentially related to the event captured on radar scopes (ground and or air)

Body Size and # - The reported size of bodies found or seen, and the number of bodies identified

Clean-up - This is the addition of an element that states people (usually military service persons) were taken to a location for the purpose of a clean up of the area. Always a deep clean: hands and knees, arm in arm, etc.

Armed Guards - The presence of armed individuals, usually military but sometimes law enforcement, sealing off access to the crash location or storage facilities.

Silence - The invocation of some type of oath or pledge of silence to any and all events witnessed

Taken -  Recovered craft and or bodies were taken to another location or facility for study or storage