Part 1: An Alleged 1953 UFO Crash and Burial Near Garrison, Utah

This report by Linda Moulton Howe, dated November 10, 2005, investigates an alleged 1953 UFO crash and subsequent burial near Garrison, Utah. The narrative centers on a large triangular feature identified in a dry lakebed near the Desert Research Experimental Station (DRES). According to the report, U.S. government aerial photographs taken on June 11, 1953, reveal this triangular anomaly, which measures approximately 4,400 feet in length and 2,700 feet in width. The author cites a 1999 geologist’s analytical report for these measurements. The report includes testimony from an unnamed former United States Air Force pilot who claims firsthand knowledge that a large aerial vehicle, described as being 'not from this world,' impacted the site in 1953. The pilot suggests the triangle was excavated to bury the craft and potentially serve as a permanent marker. Local residents near Baker, Nevada, and Garrison, Utah, reportedly recall a vivid explosion in the direction of the lakebed around the same time. The DRES facility itself, established in 1933 by President Herbert Hoover as an agricultural range experiment station, is described as having been built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The report notes that in 1976, the site was designated as part of a UNESCO international network of biosphere reserves, though the author questions the legal implications of this designation. In 2005, the author visited the site, noting the dilapidated state of the DRES buildings, which contrast with new security measures, such as new doors, locks, and a mono-directional antenna powered by a new solar array. Stan Kitchen, the facility manager since 1999, stated that the security upgrades were due to vandalism and that he had no knowledge of the triangular feature in the lakebed.