Garrison, Utah crash and burial claim (1953)
From the UAP Encyclopedia, the open encyclopedia of UFO and UAP history · 🗓️ Event
Contents 8
| Date | 20 May 1953 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic) |
| People | Linda Moulton Howe |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 46 |
| Year | 1953 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1953 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 6 |
In November 2005 journalist Linda Moulton Howe reported on her Earthfiles website that a craft may have crashed in 1953 on a dry lakebed near Garrison, in western Utah, and been buried there. Her claim rested on an anonymous former Air Force pilot and on government aerial photographs of a large triangular feature in the lakebed.[1]
The site
The lakebed lies about three miles from the Desert Experimental Range station, an agricultural research facility established in 1933 to study desert rangeland and later designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Garrison, Utah, is about 30 miles from the station, and Baker, Nevada, ten miles beyond. Howe noted that the site is about 175 miles south of the Dugway Proving Ground and roughly 200 miles north of Kingman, Arizona.[1]
The evidence offered
Howe cited about two dozen high-altitude photographs taken in a grid pattern on 11 June 1953, showing a triangular feature about 4,400 feet long and 2,700 feet wide, measurements she attributed to a 1999 geologist's report. She said at least one former Air Force pilot claimed firsthand knowledge that a large vehicle "not from this world" had crashed there in 1953 and that the triangle was dug to bury it. A resident of Baker remembered an explosion in that direction around 1953. Howe visited and stood inside the triangle in July 2005.[1]
The station
Howe described new locks, doors and a solar-powered antenna at the otherwise run-down station. The station's manager told her the locks were needed because of vandals and that he knew nothing about the triangular feature.[1]
Kingman
Howe linked the account to stories of a crash near Kingman on 20–21 May 1953, another claim based on anonymous testimony.[1]
Assessment
The pilot has never been named, and no official record of a crash or burial has been released. The triangular feature has not been shown to be connected to any crash.[1]
People and topics
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- Linda Moulton Howe — Journalist and filmmaker who runs the Earthfiles website and has reported many crash-retrieval claims.
- Earthfiles — Linda Moulton Howe's website.
- Kingman UFO crash — Kingman UFO crash
- Nevada Test Site — The U.S. nuclear testing ground in Nevada.
On the Timeline
- Submarine encounters study (1952) (24 April 1952) — Air Force and Navy intelligence study nine undersea UAP encounters reported by U.S. submarines.
- Whitley Strieber's childhood memories (October 1952) — Author Whitley Strieber says he may have been tested at a Texas air base during childhood encounters.
See every 1953 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Part 1: An alleged 1953 UFO crash and burial near Garrison, Utah", Earthfiles (Nov 2005), reprint via UFO Scans (PDF) · ufoscans.com · archived copy
- Earthfiles report on the alleged 1953 Garrison crash — UFOScans copy · ufoscans.com · archived copy
- Kingman 1953 incident and Nevada explosions — KLAS 8 News Now · digital-release.8newsnow.com · archived copy
- Linda Moulton Howe — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Earthfiles — Linda Moulton Howe's news site · earthfiles.com · archived copy
- earthfiles.com · earthfiles.com · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
No discussion yet.