Editing 1953 Kingman, AZ UFO crash (section)

== Recovery == 
Following the crash, a government recovery operation was dispatched to the site. A team of about 40 scientists, including engineer [[Arthur Stancil]] and metallurgist [[Leonard Stringfield]], were involved in the investigation.<ref name="azcentral">{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-contributor/2016/11/15/did-ufo-crash-kingman-1953/93828300/ |title=Did a UFO crash in Kingman in 1953? |website=azcentral.com |access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref><ref name="jprobinson">{{cite web |url=https://www.jp-robinson.com/single-post/The-Kingman-UFO-Crash |title=The Kingman UFO Crash |website=jp-robinson.com |access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref> The craft was quickly recovered and transported—reports vary between being taken to [[Area 51]] or [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]] in Ohio, and later being housed at facilities like [[S-4]] and [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]].<ref name="azcentral">{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-contributor/2016/11/15/did-ufo-crash-kingman-1953/93828300/ |title=Did a UFO crash in Kingman in 1953? |website=azcentral.com |access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref><ref name="paolaharris">{{cite web |url=https://paolaharris.com/home-page/interview-with-micro-biologist-dr-dan-burisch |title=Interview with Micro-biologist Dr. Dan Burisch - Paola Harris |website=paolaharris.com |access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref><ref name="Schratt2010">{{Cite web |date=2010-09-17 |author = [[Michael Schratt]]|title=Project Aquarius: Exclusive interview and illustrations of Area 51’s S-4 facility – Openminds.tv |url=https://openminds.tv/project-aquarius-218/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |publisher=Open Minds|language=en}}</ref>

Eyewitness accounts, such as those by Fritz Werner (also known as Arthur Stanzel), attest to the secrecy and high level of security surrounding the crash scene, including road blockades and restricted access.<ref name="jprobinson">{{cite web |url=https://www.jp-robinson.com/single-post/The-Kingman-UFO-Crash |title=The Kingman UFO Crash |website=jp-robinson.com |access-date=2025-01-20}}</ref>