Much has been written about the UFO crash in Aztec, New Mexico, in March of 1948. According to various reports, a spacecraft was recovered mostly intact, along with the burned bodies of at least 16 small, human-like aliens. The craft and the aliens were taken to what is now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, for study. The incident has been hotly discussed and disputed ever since.
The so-called Hottel memo that allegedly revealed a cover-up of the Aztec UFO crash
Most of the Four Corners area belongs to Native American nations, including the Navajo, Hopi, Ute, and Zuni nations and tribes. The Navajo often talk about sightings near Four Corners of skinwalkers - a medicine man who has become a powerful and evil supernatural animal-like creature by killing a family member.
Depiction of a skinwalker
Starting later this month, scientists from NASA, the University of Colorado, the University of Michigan and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be in and around Four Corners looking for the cause of the methane hotspot that is half the size of Connecticut. One source may be the region's high concentration of coal deposits. Methane is released through natural fissures but also by mining and fracking. The researchers say their instruments will pinpoint the cause and help determine a plan to reduce the emissions into the atmosphere. Besides climate change, methane has recently been linked to the mysterious Siberian craters and possibly even the Bermuda Triangle.
The Four Corners area has been full of mysteries for eons. Will NASA let us know if they find anything else?
