Fort Monmouth: Radar specialist views film of crashed disc
In spring 1953, a US Army radar expert at Fort Monmouth, NJ, watched a film showing a crashed silver disc in desert sand, military personnel around it, interior views, and small dead bodies on tables. An officer later claimed it was a hoax.
Background
Witness and Context
An US Army radar specialist with security clearance at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey was called, together with a few colleagues, to the base cinema to watch a particular 16 mm film. The incident took place in the spring of 1953.
Film Content
The five-minute film began with a desert scene: a silver, disc-shaped object stuck in the sand, with a dome on top and an open hatch below. The next shots showed 10–15 soldiers around the object, roughly 15–20 feet across. There followed a view of the interior with a control console and levers. Inside a tent, three small, lifeless bodies lay on tables, with large heads and tiny noses, mouths, and eyes.
Aftermath
Two weeks later an intelligence officer warned the witness to forget the film — it was a fake. The account comes from Leonard H. Stringfield's investigation and from UFO archives.
Significance
This account of an alleged crash with the recovery of non-human bodies remains disputed, as it was officially dismissed as a hoax, but it continues to feed debate about covert incidents.