A disk crashed to earth on this date after having been detected by three separate radar units in the southwest, one of which was said to have disrupted the craft's control mechanism. The area of impact was calculated by triangulation and this information was immediately relayed to Air Defense Command and Gen. George C Marshall, then Secretary of State, who allegedly contacted the MJ-12 group as well as the interplanetary Phenomenon unit (IPU) of the Army Counterintelligence Directorate. The IPU operated out of Camp Hale Colorado, at this time. The source claims that its main function was to collect and deliver disabled or crashed disks to certain specified secret locations. The craft was recovered within hours by the IPU scout team about 12 miles northeast of Aztec. All those involved in the recovery were sworn to an above top-secret oath. The IPU convoy used a route to the site that avoided main roads, and on arrival roadblocks were set up at strategic points within two miles of the recovery area. The owner of a ranch and his family were allegedly held incommunicado and told never to discuss the matter. Equipment hauling trucks were camouflaged to look like oil drilling rigs during the operation. A team of scientists arrived at the site a little later than the IPU and began dissecting the disk. They entered the craft one by one, entry having been gained via a fractured porthole. The portholes themselves looked metallic and only appeared translucent on close inspection. Inside the craft they found two humanoids, about two feet in height, slumped over an instrument panel charred deep brown. Another 12 bodies lay sprawled on the floor in chamber within the cabin, making a total of 14 bodies. An instrument panel supposedly had several pushbuttons and levers with hieroglyphic type symbols, as well as symbols illuminated on small display screens. Scientists discovered that the controls panels had drawers, which rolled out, but no wiring could be detected. A book composed of parchment like leaves with the texture of plastic also contained the strange hieroglyphs---similar to Sanskrit. Meanwhile another small group of scientists and military personnel examined the craft and were eventually able to dismantle it when several interlocking key devices were found which opened up seams at specific points. Three days later the segments were loaded onto three trucks, together with the bodies, and covered with a tarpaulin marked "Explosives." According to the report the bodies were described as averaging 42 inches in length. The facial features strongly resembled "mongoloid Orientals" in appearance, which disproportionately large heads, large "slant" eyes, small noses and mouths. The average weight was about 40 pounds. The torsos were very small and thin, with very thin necks. The arms were long and slender, reaching the knees, with hands containing long and slender fingers with webbing between them. There was no digestive or gastrointestinal tract, no alimentary or intestinal canal, and no rectal point. No reproductive organs were apparent. Instead of blood there was a colorless liquid with no red cells, which smelled similar to ozone.

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