Stratton reports being informed by multiple unnamed senior sources of an alleged Holloman AFB contact event.

Record

Date / period

1964 (alleged)

Reported event / document

Stratton reports being informed by multiple unnamed senior sources of an alleged Holloman AFB contact event.

Evidence type

Retrospective secondhand account attributed to multiple senior informants

Original data accessible?

No primary records or original film authenticated

Verification status

Claim attributed to memoir via reader; underlying event unverified

Competing explanations / missing data

Source independence, witness identity, exact date, alleged film and operational records unknown

Next step

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.

Source ID

SRC-162