Farmington and Aztec, New Mexico 100 air miles northwest of the Los Alamos National Laboratory where the atomic bomb was secretly developed in the 1940s. Espanola, the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, Chama, Tierra Amarilla and Dulce are all areas where many unusual bloodless, trackless animal mutilations have also been reported since the 1960s. 

March 16, 2002 Farmington, New Mexico - On St. Patrick's Day March 17, 1950, the people of Farmington, New Mexico reported that hundreds of strange, round aerial craft flew over their town, seeming to dogfight and play tag at extremely rapid speeds that included 90-degree turns. There were reportedly several waves of fly-bys, including both shiny silver discs and red-orange objects. The next day on March 18, 1950, the Farmington Daily Times topped its front page with a large headline that read: 

Microfilm of March 18, 1950 Farmington Daily Times

Close-up of microfilm

The speed and altitude had been calculated by Harold F. Thatcher, Director of the Farmington unit of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. The March 18, 1950 newspaper reported:

"Fully half of this town's population still is certain today that it saw space ships or some strange aircraft - hundreds of them - zooming through the skies yesterday. Estimates of the number ranged from 'several' to more than 500. Whatever they were, they caused a major sensation in this community, which lies only 100 air miles northwest of the huge Los Alamos atomic installation."

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