Chilili, New Mexico: Apparent UFO Crash Near Kirtland AFB, 60-Foot Metallic Object Recovered
On May 17, 1974, at 10:10 p.m., approximately 30 miles southwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico, technicians at Kirtland AFB's Manzano Laboratory lost total control of equipment coincident with an unprecedented burst of energy. A trajectory was plotted and a recovery team dispatched to Chilili, NM. Within hours, a metallic, circular object about 60 feet in diameter (when reassembled) was transferred to a hangar at Kirtland. Nothing further was ever openly mentioned.
Background
An apparent UFO crash occurred at 10:10 p.m., approximately 30 miles southwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico. At Kirtland AFB, technicians at the Manzano Laboratory on the base suddenly lost total control of their equipment coincident with a burst of energy never before experienced. Every instrument throughout the facility malfunctioned in seemingly dissimilar ways.
Recovery
Before the energy dissipated, a trajectory was plotted, and a recovery team was dispatched to the presumed impact site. An area surrounding the small mountain village of Chilili, New Mexico was cordoned off from the public. Within a few hours an object described as metallic, circular, and about 60 feet in diameter (when reassembled) was transferred into a hangar at Kirtland. Nothing further was ever openly mentioned concerning the incident.
Significance
Alleged crash retrieval near Kirtland AFB nuclear weapons facility with recovery of metallic circular object — never officially acknowledged.