Case file · Abduction
Myrna Hansen near Cimarron
In May 1980 a woman and her son driving near Cimarron, New Mexico, saw lights and a mutilation scene in a pasture; under hypnosis with psychologist Leo Sprinkle, Myrna Hansen described being taken to an underground base.
1980 CE · 36.51, -104.92 · status: claim
The account
Paul Bennewitz took up her story, which fed his belief in an alien base under Archuleta Mesa near Dulce, the seed of the Dulce legend.
The sceptical view
The account was recovered under hypnosis, which is known to create false memories, and it was shaped by Bennewitz, whom Air Force officers were deliberately feeding disinformation.
Connections in the atlas
- St. James Hotel, Cimarron
- Carl Higdon in the Medicine Bow
- 'Snippy' the horse
- Dulce Base (New Mexico)
- Kirtland / Bennewitz affair