Aurora, Texas, UFO incident

Original newspaper article describing the incident, by S. E. Haydon, "A Windmill Demolishes It," The Dallas Morning News, April 19, 1897, p. 5.

The Aurora, Texas, UFO incident reportedly occurred on April 17, 1897, when, according to locals, a UFO crashed on a farm near Aurora, Texas.[1] The incident (similar to the more famous Roswell UFO incident 50 years later) is claimed to have resulted in a fatality of the pilot. The pilot was "not of this world" and was said to be an alien.[2] The pilot was buried at the Aurora cemetery.[3] A stone was placed as a marker for the grave, but has since been removed.[4]

  1. ^ "Aurora Texas Crash Part 1" (PDF). MUFON. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
  2. ^ Haydon, S.E. (19 April 1897). "A Windmill Demolishes It". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ McNabb, Max. "The 1897 Aurora, Texas, UFO Crash & the 'Alien' Buried in the Cemetery". Texas Hill Country. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Space Alien Buried Here". Roadside America. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2020.