Editing UFO retrieval program

{{About|the UFO crash retrieval program|programs to retrieve conventional downed craft|Conventional craft retrieval program}}

UFO retrieval programs in the U.S. military have usually involved alleged [[UFO crash landing|crash-landed UFOs]].

==History==
UFO crash retrievals have allegedly occured since the 1940s or 1930s {{citation needed}}, including the alleged recoveries of the [[Roswell incident|Roswell]] [[Roswell crafts|crafts]] in 1947 and in [[Kecksburg UFO incident|Kecksburg, Pennsylvania]] in 1965.

A second-hand account by [[Milton William Cooper]] was included in ''[[Behold a Pale Horse]]'' (in 1991, though he may have circulated the claim as early as 1988 in message boards). Cooper recounted that a couple of sergeants told him "several stories about being attached to a special unit that recovered crashed flying saucers". "Sgt. Meese" described an operation involving the transportation of a saucer so large that it required extensive logistical planning. According to Meese, a team traveled ahead to lower [[telephone poles]] and remove [[fencing|fence posts]], while another team followed to restore them. The craft was transported exclusively at night to avoid public attention and parked off the road during the day under heavy cover.<ref name="Cooper1991">Cooper, Milton William (1991). ''Behold a Pale Horse''. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Light Technology Publishing. ISBN 978-0929385228. p. 14. PDF: [https://highlanderjuan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/William-Cooper-Behold-a-Pale-Horse.pdf Highlander Juan's archive]. Internet Archive: [https://archive.org/details/beholdpalehorse0000coop/page/n9/mode/2up "Behold a pale horse"]</ref>
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