Holloman AFB alleged landing/contact (1964; disputed dating)

Case

Overview

Jay Stratton states in Out of the Shadows that multiple senior sources informed him of an alleged 1964 contact event at Holloman AFB. Specific claims of a landing and interaction require checking against the exact passage and other accounts.

Investigative phases

Alleged 1964 event; later Holloman film story associated with Robert Emenegger, Paul Shartle, Allan Sandler and differing chronology; Stratton retrospective account.

Reported phenomena

Reported craft landing and contact with occupants; specific details not independently established.

Public evidence status

Retrospective attributed account; no authenticated original military record, film, or named firsthand witnesses established.

Alternative explanations / caveats

Unnamed senior sources may share an information chain; older film accounts may refer to different event or date; conventional explanations and authenticity unresolved.

Next research tasks

Verify Stratton passage and page; identify sources and their access; locate original base logs, film inventories, FOIA releases; compare Emenegger/Shartle/Coleman accounts.

Last reviewed

2026-11-05

Assessment

Not yet in the Case Assessment Matrix.

Evidence (2)

• Stratton reports being informed by multiple unnamed senior sources of an alleged Holloman AFB contact event. Unverified
  CE-167 · 1964 (alleged) · Retrospective secondhand account attributed to multiple senior informants
  Gaps: Source independence, witness identity, exact date, alleged film and operational records unknown
• Emenegger/Shartle Holloman landing-film narrative; timing and interpretation disputed; do not assume identical to alleged 1964 event. Alleged
  CE-168 · Early 1970s / later recollections · Retrospective documentary-production accounts
  Gaps: Conflicting chronology and interpretations including conventional explanations

Documents gathered (2 lines of evidence)

0 readable here · 0 with a linked primary record · 2 still need a document · All cases on the evidence map

• Stratton reports being informed by multiple unnamed senior sources of an alleged Holloman AFB contact event. Cited, no copy
  CE-167 · Out of the Shadows — Holloman AFB alleged 1964 contact account
  Why it's still open: Obtain exact memoir passage/page; identify independent primary sources. Chunk M search (2026-11-12): Out of the Shadows was published 13 Oct 2026; no review or reporting found that independently confirms this passage, and no hosted Navy, FAA or congressional record names it. Hosted Blue Book and FBI files mention Holloman only for unrelated 1950s tests; secondary accounts say Blue Book has no record of a 1964 landing. Flag stays.
• Emenegger/Shartle Holloman landing-film narrative; timing and interpretation disputed; do not assume identical to alleged 1964 event. Cited, no copy
  CE-168 · Holloman landing-film accounts associated with Robert Emenegger and Paul Shartle
  Why it's still open: Trace interviews, original production correspondence and Air Force film catalogues. Chunk M search (2026-11-12): The 1974 film UFOs: Past, Present and Future used drawings in place of the promised footage; no Air Force film catalogue entry, production correspondence or Shartle statement on record was found online. Flag stays.

On the timeline (1)

• 1964 (alleged) Holloman AFB contact event reportedly relayed to Jay Stratton by multiple senior sources Claim unverified
  Unverified retrospective account; date and source independence unconfirmed