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Aztec UFO incident / Silas Newton (1948)

1948-03Hoax
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
4.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

Alleged 1948 saucer crash near Aztec NM. Promoted by Silas Newton + Leo GeBauer (Dr Gee). Marketing material for fraudulent oil-detection 'doodlebug' devices. JP Cahn True magazine 1952 investigation: alien metal = aluminum pot-alloy; Dr Gee = GeBauer. Newton convicted of fraud 1953 + 1969. Foundational UFO hoax.

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Witnesses (1)

Score evidence (9)

Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.

s

  • hoax (-10.0)
  • debunked (-10.0)
  • outcome=hoax (S=0)
  • post-blend hoax → S=0
  • known-hoax canonical_name → S=0

p

  • witness_count=1 (+1.4)
  • named_witnesses=1 (+0.5)
  • low-cred witnesses avg=1.0 (-1.0)

evid

  • narrative only (base 1)