UFO historian Michael Schratt joins Richard for the second half of this special episode, which was sparked by a powerful statement from former US defense official Christopher Mellon on April 22.
On his substack page, Mellon shared a redacted and annotated screenshot of a conversation he had on Signal with a senior government official around 2020. This official discussed access to a U.S. alien technology recovery and exploitation program.
The official also mentioned that progress was being made in gaining access to a secret program related to a UAP that landed in Kingman, Arizona in the 1950s. In addition, he referred to the management of the program, safety checks and the recovery process for landed or crashed UAPs.
Finally, he mentioned a secret memo from the 1950s from a USAF secretary that was still in effect to maintain secrecy on the matter. This is all new information. Most importantly, it is backed by long-term UFO research on the matter, an abundance of which has been provided by Michael Schratt.
We’re talking about the 1953 UFO Kingman incident.
The incident reportedly occurred on May 21, 1953, near Kingman, Arizona, where a metal object, described as 30 feet wide and 30 feet high, oval in shape with portholes, reportedly crashed into the desert. This event is often overshadowed by the better known Roswell incident, but has its own place in the annals of UFO lore.
According to reports, a team of about 40 scientists was sent to the crash site to conduct an investigation. Among them was engineer Arthur Stancil, who concluded that the craft had hit the ground at a speed of 1,200 miles per hour, but was strangely undamaged and did not appear to be of human origin.
Metallurgist Leonard Stringfield also examined the craft and concluded that the materials used to build it did not come from Earth.
The Kingman incident is shrouded in mystery and has been the subject of much speculation. Some believe the UFO was quickly recovered and taken to a secret location such as Area 51 or Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. There are also claims that humanoid creatures were found inside the spacecraft, further fueling the intrigue surrounding this event.
Over the course of a decade-long investigation, historian and researcher Harry Drew, who painstakingly searched archival materials, newspapers and archives, concluded that three unidentified vessels had actually crashed near Kingman.
One vessel was destroyed when it crashed into the mountainside near Kingman, causing a fierce fire. Another was discovered fully intact amid the desert terrain, while the third craft experienced a turbulent landing, scraping against rocky terrain before coming to rest near a small reservoir.
Military personnel quickly secured and monitored the crash sites until a specialized recovery team could transport the unidentified vehicles to a base in Nevada.
Drew claims his investigation not only illuminates the details of the crashes themselves, but also reveals the covert operations involved in transporting the vehicles to Nevada. The preservation of one of the machines, largely intact, offers a tantalizing glimpse into alien technology.
