Laredo, TX: Disc crash with nonhuman body
A silver disc-shaped object crashed 30 miles south-southwest of Laredo, Texas. Military personnel secured the site and recovered wreckage plus a burned nonhuman body described as small and hairless.
Background
Incident
On July 7, 1948, US military aircraft pursued a fast, silver, disc-shaped object across Texas before it crashed about 30 miles south-southwest of Laredo, Texas. Soldiers from a nearby base sealed off the area until a specialist recovery team arrived, examined the remains, and took them to a military base in San Antonio.
Recovery and Discovery
At the crash site a severely burned body of a non-human being was found, about 1.37 metres tall, entirely hairless, with hands lacking thumbs. Leonard Stringfield heard rumours of the incident in 1977 and shared details in 1978. Two photographs sent to Willard F. McIntyre in 1978 show this body, known as the 'tomato man' because of its large, round skull.
Controversy and Skepticism
Many researchers such as Ron Schaffner and Kevin Randle consider the body to be a burned human pilot, since one photograph shows goggles of the kind pilots wear. The event resembles the Roswell incident and remains strongly disputed.