Editing Aztec, New Mexico UFO crash (section)

==Influence on ufology==
Through the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, most ufologists considered the subject thoroughly discredited and therefore avoided it. In 1966, the book ''Incident at Exeter'' mentioned rumors of dead alien bodies stored at [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]]. Those rumors inspired the 1968 novel ''[[The Fortec Conspiracy]]''. In 1974, ufologist  [[Robert Spencer Carr]] publicly claimed alien bodies recovered near Aztec were stored at "Hangar 18" at Wright-Patterson, prompting official denials from the Air Force.<ref>Smith, Toby - Little Gray Men p. 84</ref>

However, in the late 1970s, author [[Leonard H. Stringfield|Leonard Stringfield]] purported that not only was the incident real, but that the craft involved was one of many captured and stored by the U.S. military.<ref name="Greer">{{cite book|last=Greer|first=John Michael|title=The UFO Phenomenon: Fact, Fantasy and Disinformation|edition=1st|publisher=[[Llewellyn Worldwide]]|location=Woodbury, MN|year=2009|isbn=978-0-738-71319-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ufophenomenonfac0000gree}}</ref> In later years, many accounts, allegedly first-hand, of the [[Roswell crash]] contained the Aztec crash story,<ref name="Greer"/> with some claiming the craft was made of a material impervious to all heat, and others alleging the craft was damaged by the crash. The supposed humanoid bodies were said to measure between {{convert|36|in|cm}} and {{convert|42|in|cm}} in height, and weigh around {{convert|40|lb|kg}}. Ufologists claim that shortly after the craft was downed, the military cleared the area of evidence, including the bodies, and subsequently took it to Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson.<ref name="Greer2009"/><ref name="Radford2014"/>