San Augustine, New Mexico
A remote area in Catron County, west-central New Mexico, identified as the site of an alleged secondary flying saucer crash in 1947 — distinct from and roughly concurrent with the primary Roswell incident. Witnesses described a craft that was seamless, with no visible rivets, seams, or weld joints, consistent with descriptions of non-human construction methods reported in other UAP recovery cases.
The 1947 Secondary Crash
The San Augustine crash is considered a companion event to the Roswell incident of July 1947. Unlike the Foster Ranch scatter field associated with Roswell, the San Augustine craft reportedly came down intact or near-intact, allowing witnesses to observe its construction directly. The absence of seams, rivets, and weld joints on the craft's exterior — a hallmark of non-human metallic construction noted across multiple alleged recovery cases — was specifically remarked upon by those who viewed it.
The San Augustine Plains, a high-altitude grassland basin at approximately 6,500 feet elevation, provided an isolated landscape where a downed craft could remain undetected for some time before military recovery teams arrived.
Relation to Roswell
The two 1947 New Mexico incidents are theorized to represent either a single craft that broke apart during descent — with debris scattered at the Foster Ranch and the main body coming to rest near San Augustine — or two separate craft from the same event. Researchers including Stanton Friedman examined the San Augustine claims alongside the primary Roswell investigation.