Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax
- Event date
- 1948 Mar 25
- Location
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States
Record summary
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.[80][81][82]