In Kingman, Arizona, in the spring of 1953, is potentially one of the most controversial

UFO crash cases in history. In most of these cases, despite the obvious caution,

such claims usually fall into one category or another. With the Kingman event,

compelling arguments are made for both it being a genuine event, or something explained

with more down-to-earth reasons. The Kingman UFO crash has been debated for decades,

and as things stand right now, looks set to continue to be so for decades to come.

Even though the events occurred three-quarters of a century ago, in the first years of the modern

UFO era, this is the story of the Kingman UFO crash.

This is somewhere in the skies, with Ryan's bed.

The Kingman UFO crash is the most controversial event in history.

According to a chapter written in the book exposed uncovered and declassified

by author and researcher Nick Retfern, the origins of the apparent UFO crash

in Kingman, Arizona, can be traced back to 1971. Retfern relates that two young UFO

investigators, Jeff Young and Paul Chatham, were investigating reports of the alleged crash,

which included not only the recovery of the craft, but an extraterrestrial body as well.

Retfern would relate that the pair obtained much of their information via a friend of the

young family, Arthur Stansell, who further claimed that he himself had first-hand knowledge of the

incident. Stansell, for the most part, and at least on the surface, appeared to be credible and

reliable. He was a veteran of the Second World War, who had taken part in the D-Day landings,

and had since obtained a master's degree in engineering. But of more interest to the investigators,

at the time of the incident in early 1953, Stansell was walking at the, quote,

ultra-secret Nevada Proving Ground, where many atomic bombs were being tested,

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