Blog Post: The Holloman AFB UFO Landing: A Desert Encounter with the Unknown

Author: Juniper Ravenwood
Published: May 24, 2025

Under the star-strewn skies of New Mexico’s desolate desert, something extraordinary—and deeply unsettling—allegedly took place at Holloman Air Force Base. Sometime between 1964 and 1971, one or three glowing crafts descended onto the military tarmac, not crashing or hovering, but landing with purpose. What followed was even stranger: non-human beings emerged, stepping into the glare of military floodlights to meet stunned personnel. This is the chilling tale we explored in Episode 114 of The Shadow Frequency, a story that lingers like a cold wind in the night.

The Holloman AFB incident is one of those mysteries that grips you, refusing to let go. Filmmaker Robert Emenegger, tasked with creating the 1974 documentary UFOs: Past, Present, and Future, claimed the Air Force promised him footage of this extraordinary event. He waited for raw, unfiltered proof of extraterrestrial contact—only to receive a mere eight seconds of sanitized film, a whisper of something far greater. UFO researcher James Fox, digging into the story years later, found Emenegger and his producer, Allan Sandler, steadfast in their accounts of beings exiting a craft with an eerie, deliberate grace. Then there’s Jacques Vallée, a titan in UFO research, whose book Forbidden Science reportedly describes one of these beings holding a staff topped with a spiral antenna—a detail so bizarre it feels like it crawled out of a dream.

What makes this story so haunting is its setting. Holloman, nestled near White Sands Missile Range, is no stranger to the cutting edge of human technology—or the unexplained. The region is a cosmic crossroads, home to the infamous 1947 Roswell incident and the 1964 Socorro sighting, where officer Lonnie Zamora witnessed a craft and beings that left physical traces in the desert. Even earlier, a 1950 Project Blue Book report documented an Air Force investigator at Holloman observing a star-like craft shifting colors—red, green, blue—and moving in ways that defied known aircraft. It’s as if the New Mexico desert is a beacon, drawing visitors from beyond our world.

The idea of extraterrestrials choosing a military base is what sends shivers down the spine. Why Holloman? Was it a message, a warning, or something we can’t yet comprehend? The beings’ alleged interaction with military personnel suggests intent, a deliberate act of contact. And yet, the Air Force remains silent, leaving us with fragments—stories, whispers, and that strange spiral antenna.

Of course, not everyone is convinced. Skeptics point out the absence of hard evidence—no photos, no official reports, no physical traces. They question why aliens would bypass diplomatic channels for a military base and why a filmmaker, not a scientist, was chosen to document such an event. These are fair points, but they don’t erase the story’s weight. The consistency of the accounts, the specificity of details like that antenna, and the military’s refusal to comment keep the mystery alive, glowing like a craft in the desert night.

As we discussed on The Shadow Frequency, the Holloman AFB incident is more than a UFO story—it’s a window into the unknown, a reminder that the universe is vast and full of secrets. Whether you believe in extraterrestrial visitors or not, the tale of Holloman lingers, urging us to look up and wonder: what’s out there, watching us from the shadows?

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