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Trinity UFO Case

DATE1 Jan 1945
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONNew Mexico, United States
COORDINATES34.33°N, 106.24°W

In 2003, two men began telling conflicting accounts of an avocado-shaped craft piloted by insectoid aliens crashing at the site of the first atomic bomb detonation. Despite a lack of evidence or internal consistency, the case was cited in the UFO investigation section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.

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