Crashes & Retrievals

Stories of things that came down, and what was actually found. 12 entries, oldest first.

FG-006 · June 21, 1947Hoax

The Maury Island Incident

A tale of falling slag, men in black and a deadly plane crash.

Puget Sound, Washington
FG-007 · July 1947Explained

Roswell

A 'flying disc' press release, a weather balloon retraction and a legend that took 30 years to form.

Near Roswell, New Mexico
FG-014 · 1949–1952Hoax

The Aztec Crash Hoax

A bestselling book about a crashed saucer, built on a con man's sales pitch.

Aztec, New Mexico
FG-032 · December 9, 1965Unresolved

The Kecksburg Acorn

A fireball, a crash in the woods and a story of an acorn-shaped object hauled away.

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
FG-039 · October 4, 1967Unresolved

The Shag Harbour Incident

Lights hit the water off a fishing village, and the Canadian Navy came looking.

Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
FG-060 · 1984–1987Hoax

The Majestic 12 Documents

Supposed top secret papers about a secret UFO control group. The FBI called them bogus.

Mailed to a TV producer
FG-064 · 1989Disputed

Bob Lazar and S-4

A man on TV says he worked on alien craft near Area 51.

Las Vegas, Nevada
FG-067 · 1994 and 1997On the record

The Air Force Roswell Reports

The Air Force reopens Roswell and names Project Mogul.

Washington, D.C.
FG-069 · 1995Hoax

The Alien Autopsy Film

Black-and-white footage of an autopsy on a Roswell alien, broadcast around the world.

London, England
FG-070 · January 20, 1996Disputed

The Varginha Creature

Three young women report a strange creature crouched by a wall. Rumors of captures follow.

Varginha, Brazil
FG-092 · July 26, 2023Disputed

The Grusch Hearing

A former intelligence officer testifies under oath about crash retrievals and 'non-human biologics.'

U.S. Capitol
FG-095 · March 8, 2024On the record

AARO's Historical Record Report

AARO reviews 80 years of claims and finds no evidence of alien technology.

The Pentagon