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Retrievals of the Third Kind: A Case Study of Alleged UFOs and Occupants in Military Custody

Leonard H. Stringfield · author

Leonard H. Stringfield's 1978 MUFON Symposium paper documenting military crash retrieval testimonies and alleged non-human occupant recoveries.

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PUBLISHED CLAIMS
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ARCHIVE TARGETS
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PRIMARY CLAIM LINKS
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INGESTION BATCHES
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SRC-002061Tier 3

Retrievals of the Third Kind (Status Report 1, 1978 MUFON Edition)

Publication: 1978-07-29
Language: en
Edition verification: corroborated
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37 CITATION LINK(S)
CLM-004566 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A UFO with occupants numbering anywhere from one to sixteen, had crashed in a desert region of southwestern United States or Mexico and was retrieved by U.S. military authorities.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 1: RETRIEV ALS OF THE THIRD KIND - A Case Study of Alleged UFOs and Occupants in Military CustodyCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004567 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
An unidentified craft did crash in a nearby remote desert area. The retrieved craft was more than 50 feet in diameter with a row of windows around its equator. Its metallic surface was in a burned-blackened condition. He also had heard that the craft was occupied by dead humanoid bodies approximately 4.5 feet tall.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 1: RETRIEV ALS OF THE THIRD KIND - A Case Study of Alleged UFOs and Occupants in Military CustodyCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004568 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
One dead alien was found aboard the craft which was described as about 4 feet, 6 inches tall, completely hairless, with hands that had no thumbs.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 1: RETRIEV ALS OF THE THIRD KIND - A Case Study of Alleged UFOs and Occupants in Military CustodyCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004569 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
The craft was covered with a canopy and the two pilots were not allowed to see it. They were then called to Washington, D. C., for debriefing and sworn to secrecy about the whole event.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 1: RETRIEV ALS OF THE THIRD KIND - A Case Study of Alleged UFOs and Occupants in Military CustodyCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004570 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A large military vehicle or lo-boy dragging a suspicious cargo under tarpaulin destined for Wright-Patterson AFB.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004571 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A crashed UFO incident in 1952 with a hidden cargo and recovered bodies.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004572 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A crashed UFO incident in 1952 with a hidden cargo and recovered bodies.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004573 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A crashed UFO incident in 1952 with a hidden cargo and recovered bodies.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004574 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A crashed UFO incident in 1952 with a hidden cargo and recovered bodies.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004575 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A crashed UFO incident in 1952 with a hidden cargo and recovered bodies.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004576 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A civilian guard serving at a Receiving Gate for Internal Security at Wright-Patterson AFB.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004577 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A radar specialist with secret security clearance.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004578 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A radar specialist with secret security clearance.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004579 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A radar specialist with secret security clearance.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004580 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A radar specialist with secret security clearance.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004581 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A radar specialist with secret security clearance.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004582 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A project engineer on a U.S. Air Force contract with the Atomic Energy Commission for 'Operation Upshot-Knothole'.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004583 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A project engineer on a U.S. Air Force contract with the Atomic Energy Commission for 'Operation Upshot-Knothole'.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004584 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A project engineer on a U.S. Air Force contract with the Atomic Energy Commission for 'Operation Upshot-Knothole'.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 2: Incident Details and Witness AccountsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004585 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
In each of three crates, he said, were the recovered dead bodies of small humanoids;
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 3: Crashed UFOs and Their OccupantsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004586 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
The head appeared to be hairless and narrow. The eyes seemed to be open, the mouth small, and nose, if any, was indistinct.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 3: Crashed UFOs and Their OccupantsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004587 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
The head appeared to be hairless and narrow. The eyes seemed to be open, the mouth small, and nose, if any, was indistinct.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 3: Crashed UFOs and Their OccupantsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004588 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
The head appeared to be hairless and narrow. The eyes seemed to be open, the mouth small, and nose, if any, was indistinct.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 3: Crashed UFOs and Their OccupantsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004589 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
The head appeared to be hairless and narrow. The eyes seemed to be open, the mouth small, and nose, if any, was indistinct.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 3: Crashed UFOs and Their OccupantsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004590 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
The 1962 crash site was near Holloman AFB in New Mexico.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 4: UFO Incidents and EncountersCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004591 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
Carl was called to duty during the night to stand guard in a secret area where he witnessed three dead alien bodies that had just arrived.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 4: UFO Incidents and EncountersCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004592 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
The debris of an apparent metallic aerial device, or craft, that had exploded in the air, or crashed, was first made known by a sheep rancher who found fragments of metal and other material on his 8000 acre property.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 4: UFO Incidents and EncountersCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004593 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
Radar had confirmed that an alien craft had crossed the skies over the United States at great speed.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 4: UFO Incidents and EncountersCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004594 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
A UFO landed or crashed, with Army personnel ordered to patrol and shoot anyone trying to approach.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 4: UFO Incidents and EncountersCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004595 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
AK drew for Leonard Stringfield the front view above and the rear view below of the Huey helicopter hovering over the 'hamburger-shaped' UFO at Ft. Riley's Camp Forsyte, Kansas, in December 1964.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 5: UFO Crashes and RetrievalsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004596 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
JK observed nine deceased alien bodies preserved in deep-freeze conditions under well-lighted, thick glass enclosures.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 5: UFO Crashes and RetrievalsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004597 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
JK knew of three key areas in the 1960s where certain secret UFO operations were conducted other than at Wright-Patterson AFB.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 5: UFO Crashes and RetrievalsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004598 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
Special forces, known as 'Blue Berets', can operate secretly and effectively by using 'diversionary tactics' to prevent public interference.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 5: UFO Crashes and RetrievalsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004599 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
JK knew of three key areas in the 1960s where certain secret UFO operations were conducted other than at Wright-Patterson AFB.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 5: UFO Crashes and RetrievalsCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004600 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
Time passing will not erase from my mind a climacteric of events so strange and sobering that the world I thought I knew would never again seem the same.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 6: The UFO Crash/Retrieval Syndrome: Status Report II - New Sources, New DataCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004601 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
One, no longer a hushed incident, was my close encounter with a 'phantom' force at the Dayton symposium.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 6: The UFO Crash/Retrieval Syndrome: Status Report II - New Sources, New DataCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLM-004602 · ufo crash retrievals status reports 1 to 7 complet Observation
Uninformed of the threats, I spoke for nearly two hours. However, the moment I finished, I was suddenly whisked off stage by three armed plainclothesmen with walkie talkies, escorted to the Stouffer Hotel, where I held a prearranged press conference, then again escorted to my room which was in the process of being changed with a lady tenant on the far end of the hotel - an order not placed by me.
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SRC-002061 · Chapter 6: The UFO Crash/Retrieval Syndrome: Status Report II - New Sources, New DataCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
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