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Farmington

The Farmington UFO Armada: The Day Hundreds of Saucers Filled a New Mexico Sky

November 11, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
A night aerial view of Farmington, New Mexico, its lights spread along the Animas and San Juan rivers

About 6 min readOn 17 March 1950, hundreds of residents of Farmington, New Mexico, watched a fleet of silver discs manoeuvre over their town for an hour. The Air Force blamed a burst balloon — but no balloon launch and no fragment were ever found.

Categories UFO & Beyond Tags 1950, Farmington, mass sighting, New Mexico, Skyhook balloon, Unsolved Leave a comment

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