Kingman, AZ UFO Crash 1953 (alleged).
disputedcrash_retrievalSOF/JSOC UAP Retrieval Claim
Alleged 1953 recovery of a ~30-ft oval craft + dead occupant near Kingman, Arizona; ~40 specialists; sourced to Arthur Stansel ('Fritz Werner') affidavit and Leonard Stringfield.
[DISPUTED] Emerged 1973 via Raymond Fowler interview; rests largely on a single affidavit plus later second/third-hand accounts that grow fantastical (J-Rod, S-4, Area 51). Skeptics attribute it to experimental radar sites / a Cold-War remote-piloted test mishap. Cited in lore as an early SOF-secured-type retrieval; tier = disputed.