Elaine Douglas
Elaine Douglas was an American UFO researcher who played a crucial role in the preservation and dissemination of the Denb Report, the primary source document for the 1974 Coyame, Mexico UFO Crash Retrieval case.
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Role in the Coyame Case
In early summer 1993, Douglas received anonymously mailed paper copies of the Denb Report, an anomalous document titled "Research Findings on Chihuahua Disc Crash" authored by an individual or entity identified only as "JS" and dated March 23, 1992. The document had first surfaced in 1992 on an electronic bulletin board and was subsequently mailed anonymously to select UFO researchers.
Douglas shared the original documents with Leonard Stringfield, the pioneering UFO crash retrieval researcher, who reviewed the report and concluded it was "authoritatively written using correct military terminology" and drew clear distinctions between hard evidence and speculation—characteristics inconsistent with a hoax.
Douglas maintained a website at www.elainedouglas.com that hosted scans of the original Denb Report and other UAP-related documents. The website was an important archive for researchers investigating the Coyame case.
Death and Loss of Archives
Elaine Douglas passed away in 2014. Her family initially planned to maintain her website, but the site is now only available via the Web Archive. Crucially, links to the Coyame incident documents—including scans of the original Denb Report—are missing from the archived version, representing a significant loss to researchers. Ryan S. Wood does not have copies of the original document for forensic analysis, which would have been valuable for authentication purposes.
The loss of Douglas's document archive upon her death highlights the fragility of UFO research documentation and the importance of institutional preservation of primary sources.