An alien head rock formation marks the alleged spot of the Aztec UFO crash in 1948. (Courtesy of Susanne Pence) etrujillo@abqjournal.com Mon Nov 16 15:50:06 -0700 2020 1605567006 FILENAME: 1870234.jpg
A plaque marks the spot where a flying saucer allegedly crash-landed near Aztec, NM in 1948. (Courtesy of Susanne Pence) etrujillo@abqjournal.com Mon Nov 16 15:50:06 -0700 2020 1605567006 FILENAME: 1870235.jpg
A trail sign gives a nod to the alleged UFO crash near Aztec, NM in 1948.(Courtesy of Susanne Pence) etrujillo@abqjournal.com Mon Nov 16 15:50:07 -0700 2020 1605567006 FILENAME: 1870236.jpg
An alien head rock formation marks the alleged spot of the Aztec UFO crash in 1948. (Courtesy of Susanne Pence) etrujillo@abqjournal.com Mon Nov 16 15:50:06 -0700 2020 1605567006 FILENAME: 1870234.jpg
An alien head rock formation marks the alleged spot of the Aztec UFO crash. (Courtesy of Susanne Pence)
Aztec, New Mexico, with a population of about 6,500, is a tidy community a few miles east of Farmington. The nearby Aztec Ruins National Monument stands monumentally still. The Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village features such century-ago items as a historic barbershop, antique telephone equipment, various fossils and minerals. Something else, something much darker, draws tourists to here. On the night of March 25, 1948, a flying saucer allegedly crash-landed on a lonely mesa in Hart Canyon, four miles distant. There's a plaque where it put down. Folks as far away as those who lived in Cedar Hill, 10 miles northeast of Aztec, were said to have heard the crash. But that fact was never verified.
A plaque marks the spot where a flying saucer allegedly crash-landed near Aztec, NM in 1948. (Courtesy of Susanne Pence) etrujillo@abqjournal.com Mon Nov 16 15:50:06 -0700 2020 1605567006 FILENAME: 1870235.jpg
A trail sign gives a nod to the alleged UFO crash near Aztec, NM in 1948.(Courtesy of Susanne Pence) etrujillo@abqjournal.com Mon Nov 16 15:50:07 -0700 2020 1605567006 FILENAME: 1870236.jpg
