In 1967, Carroll Wayne Watts, a 28-year-old farmer near Loco, Texas, began reporting encounters with strange cylindrical craft over the Texas Panhandle. By April, the story had escalated beyond a sighting. Watts claimed his truck engine died near an egg-shaped object, that he saw two short humanoid figures at the entrance, boarded the craft, underwent an examination, and was told the beings were “from the planet you call Mars.” Then came the photographs. By June 1967, Watts said he had begun...

Carroll Wayne Watts was a 28-year-old farmer living near Loco, Texas, when he began reporting a series of UFO encounters in 1967. Watts’ earliest reported experiences occurred on March 21 and March 31, followed by another encounter on April 11. By June 1967, Watts had begun carrying a Polaroid camera with him and photographed the alleged craft on several occasions, including June 7, June 11, and June 13. J. Allen Hynek later became involved in the case. On January 24, 1968, Watts mailed Hynek...