Episode 397 - Flashpoint: The Trinity UFO Crash - Part 1

About this episode

The episode explores the possibility of a UFO crash in New Mexico two years before Roswell, coinciding with the first atomic explosion.

Most folks date the modern UFO era from 1947. Kenneth Arnold saw those skipping saucers in Washington and Roswell became extraterrestrial crash landing central. But what if an alien craft smashed into the New Mexican desert two years before Roswell? And what if it was right after, and right next to, the first atomic explosion?

Topics covered

• society
• culture
• history
• science
• medicine

Keywords

• UFO era
• 1947
• Kenneth Arnold
• Roswell
• New Mexican desert
• atomic explosion

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Washington, Roswell

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