New Mexico’s history of UFO sightings
An in-depth discussion about lesser-known reported UFOs in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Was it aliens? Or something else? From the famous Roswell incident, or flying saucers reported in Farmington, to an inexplicable case about a boy in Hobbs reportedly burned by a UFO in 1964. This week on the New Mexico News Podcast, Chris and Gabby discuss the popular and lesser-known reported UFO events in New Mexico with a man who’s made it his mission to curate the largest collection of UFO materials ever assembled.
David Marler, Executive Director of the National UFO Historical Records Center says he doesn’t aim to make people believers, but rather, preserve facts that include sifting through recently declassified military records. “It’s like an itch you can’t scratch,” Marler explained.
He said reports often start with eliminating the ‘knowns.’ “I know it wasn’t a helicopter. It wasn’t a plane. It wasn’t a flare. It wasn’t a balloon. I don’t know what it was. Can you help me try to figure this out? And most of the time we can,” Marler added.
Marler is working on securing a public space for the records he’s amassed, so the public can have easy access to them. “We have the largest collection of UFO materials ever assembled in the history of the country, and ever in the history of the phenomenon here in North America,” said Marler. “We created a 501c3 nonprofit to really rally around that.”
In the full discussion above, Marler explains in detail some of the inexplicable UFO reports that have been documented in New Mexico, dating back to the 1950s. To read the article referenced in the podcast, click here.
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