{"type":"locations","slug":"farmington","title":"Farmington","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/farmington","description":"New Mexico town that witnessed a mass sighting of hundreds of disc-shaped objects in March 1950","date":"1950-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Town"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","lat":36.7291,"lng":-108.2054,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Armada Over Main Street\n\nStarting 17 March 1950, residents reported up to hundreds of high-flying saucers passing over Farmington for several days. Newspaper accounts and eyewitness statements drew national attention.[^1][^2] The phenomenon remains one of the Southwest’s largest mass UFO sightings.[^3][^4][^5]\nSee the [Farmington Armada](/events/1950-farmington-armada) entry for archival coverage.\n\n\n[^1]: [Farmington Daily Times clipping: Huge \"Saucer\" Armada Jolts Farmington](https://www.ufologie.patrickgross.org/press/farmingtondailytimes18mar1950.htm)\n[^2]: [The UFO Chronicles: Farmington Daily Times report copy](https://www.theufochronicles.com/2007/05/huge-saucer-armada-jolts-farmington.html)\n[^3]: [NICAP: McDonald case studies, Farmington, N.M., March 17, 1950](https://www.nicap.org/papers/mcdonald_cases.htm)\n[^4]: [The UFO Chronicles: True Magazine tasked to investigate Farmington](https://www.theufochronicles.com/2013/03/true-magazine-tasked-to-investigate-new.html)\n[^5]: [Patrick Gross: McDonald case study excerpt on Farmington](https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/books/mcdonaldhcsa68lone.htm)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"1950-farmington-armada","title":"Farmington Armada","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1950-farmington-armada"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/farmington","title":"Farmington","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/farmington","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"North America"}