Aztec, a Deception Based in Fraud.

Greetings. The Aztec hoax. The case that keeps on giving, to those who seek financial gain and notoriety. In this case, Scott and Suzanne Ramsey. 

Owners of "Uncle Scott's All Natural Root Beer," Scott and Suzanne Ramsey are best-known in UFO circles as the couple advocating for the legitimacy of the Aztec UFO crash case, a historical case that has been shown to be a hoax by multiple independent researchers for decades. The details of the case are of some importance, and do cast reasonable doubt on the veracity of the claim. They are as follows:

1. The controlled landing allegedly happened in March of 1948.

2. The extraterrestrial craft carried a crew of sixteen beings, all found deceased. 

3. The crew allegedly stocked concentrated food wafers and heavy water for drinking purposes. 

4. The craft's point of origin was the planet Venus. 

5. The deceased occupants of the craft all had perfect teeth and wore 1890's garb, or clothing. 

6. The crew of the craft were all between 36 and 42 inches tall, and weighed about 40 pounds each.

7. The craft was allegedly recovered by government/military personnel and taken away, with some claiming that Dayton, Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was the ultimate destination. 

The details of the case, in my humble opinion, show the case to be invalid, but there is more, or less as will soon become readily apparent. There are some anecdotal testimonials, but they are simply stories, which don't mesh together in any productive way. Not good enough, not by a long shot. Where is the physical evidence? There is none. Not from the alleged crash site, nor anywhere else. If a landing event had taken place, physical evidence of the interaction would still be there, available for scientific recovery, collection, and scrutinization. Nothing has turned up. Where is the valid documentation? There is none, but not if you listen to Suzanne Ramsey herself. During the course of the March 26th, 2019 edition of "Podcast UFO," Mrs. Ramsey made the following statement, and I quote, "We have 55,000, over 55,000 documents to document this." That is a lot of documents, but alas, the Ramseys have not produced the documents, on a website, or within the pages of their book. All talk but no follow through. The link to the program in question is available at https://www.youtube.com/live/npX6bnfEhjI?si=vYUAO0RCqBxX2s-z

A far more thorough examination of the situation, specifically the actions of Silas Newton and Leo Gebauer, the two men who invented the entire story, was recently written by Mr. Chris Root of the Denver Public Library, with the link to the article available at https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/western-history/flying-saucers-and-fraud-silas-m-newton-story

The late Stanton T. Friedman advocated for the validity of the Aztec case, writing the preface for the Ramsey's 2015 book, "UFO Crash at Aztec," co-written with Frank Thayer, Ph.D. Since Mr. Friedman also held the position that the Majestic-12 documents were valid, his embracing of the Aztec case is not surprising. I strongly disagree with Mr. Friedman's positions, and that is being respectful to the late gentleman. 

Two prior articles I wrote on my Facebook platform about the situation are available at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/F87MT5MUk7odDRCE/?mibextid=oFDknk and at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/xKYhrUDoWLe9NQuq/?mibextid=oFDknk

The responsibility is squarely on the claimants to defend their positions by producing tangible, physical evidence, but Scott and Suzanne Ramsey have not done so. Are they attempting a money grab? Perhaps. Are they simply lying? I cannot say, but I suspect that they are attempting to mislead the UFO public. Will the Ramseys ever produce the 55,000 documents for public scrutiny and examination? No, but I am always hoping to be proven wrong. I will not be holding my skeptical breath. 

The Aztec case, a hoax, plain and simple. 

Thank you for your time and consideration.