Part 2: UFO Crash/Retrievals: Status Report III – Amassing The Evidence

This document, published by Linda Moulton Howe on Earthfiles, serves as a reprint of Part 2 of Status Report III, originally written by researcher Leonard H. Stringfield in June 1982. The report is part of a series documenting UFO crash and retrieval accounts. The text features a first-person testimony from a witness identified as 'KA'. According to KA, he witnessed a saucer-like object with a stationary dome and a counter-clockwise spinning outer rim. He reported seeing four small, motionless bodies outside the craft. KA claims the object was transported to a base and stored in Hangar 18, which was subsequently modified with refrigeration and computer equipment. KA also mentions a rumored second UAP crash near Bandelier, New Mexico, on April 24, 1954. Following these events, KA describes being sent to Sampson AFB, where he was accused of going AWOL. After attempting to report the crash, he suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized for three months. During his hospitalization, he was subjected to questioning by a group of individuals. KA was eventually discharged on March 7, 1955, after a meeting with a Colonel. In his later years, KA sought out Leonard Stringfield to recount his experiences. He described a recovery operation involving a second helicopter, men in white coats, and the recovery of a metallic box, approximately 3 feet long and 1.5 feet high, marked with numbers and indistinguishable text. KA was prevented from photographing the object by ground crew members wearing green fatigues.