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Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax

DATE25 Mar 1948
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONNew Mexico, United States
COORDINATES36.89°N, 108.07°W

Conmen Silas Newton and Leo Gebauer sold "magnetic oil-detecting machines" based on the story that they had replicated technology from a crashed spaceship. The pair were convicted of fraud in 1953. Elements of their story regarding a crashed ship with occupants were later entangled in the Roswell narrative.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // COMPILED REFERENCE · CTD-0045 ]

WITNESSES & UNITS

On-record civilian observers

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Witness sighting statement

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