📖 Overview
UFO Crash/Retrievals: Status Report II continues Leonard Stringfield's investigative work documenting alleged UFO crash incidents and military retrievals. This 1980 report compiles witness testimonies, interviews, and documentation related to potential extraterrestrial craft recoveries spanning several decades.
The report focuses on cases where military and government personnel claim to have encountered crashed alien vehicles or participated in recovery operations. Stringfield presents his research methodology and examines the credibility of various sources while maintaining their anonymity when required.
Medical personnel accounts form a significant portion of the collected testimonies, particularly regarding examinations of purported non-human entities. The investigation includes analysis of physical evidence and documentation that Stringfield gathered through his network of contacts and informants.
The work represents an early attempt to systematically catalog and analyze UFO crash incidents through a research-based approach. Through its compilation of firsthand accounts and supporting materials, the report raises questions about government knowledge and involvement in extraterrestrial encounters.
👀 Reviews
Readers describe this book as a historical documentation of reported UFO crashes and recoveries, based on interviews with military personnel and first-hand witnesses.
Liked:
- Military source documentation and dated records
- Focus on multiple crash incidents beyond Roswell
- Author's methodical investigation approach
- Inclusion of autopsy and medical reports
- Preservation of witness anonymity while maintaining credibility
Disliked:
- Limited photographic evidence
- Some accounts lack follow-up verification
- Technical details can be hard to follow
- Out-of-print status makes book difficult to find
Available ratings:
- Goodreads: 4.5/5 (12 ratings)
- No current Amazon listings or reviews due to rarity
Reader quote: "Stringfield excels at presenting raw data without sensationalism. His military contacts and documentation set this apart from other UFO crash books." - UFO Chronicles forum member
The book remains difficult to evaluate broadly due to limited circulation and few public reviews online.
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🤔 Interesting facts
🛸 Leonard Stringfield was one of the first UFO researchers to seriously investigate claims of crashed UFOs and alien bodies, beginning his work in the 1950s while serving in the U.S. Air Force.
🛸 The book contains detailed accounts from military personnel, medical professionals, and civilians who claimed direct involvement with crashed UFO retrievals and examinations of non-human bodies.
🛸 Stringfield's research methodology involved gathering sworn affidavits and conducting extensive background checks on his sources, many of whom wished to remain anonymous due to security concerns.
🛸 The report includes what became known as "The Wright-Patterson Connection" - multiple accounts suggesting alien artifacts and bodies were stored at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
🛸 Published in 1980, this was the second in a series of seven "Status Reports" Stringfield would write about UFO crash retrievals, with each subsequent report adding new cases and corroborating evidence to previous accounts.