◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Light on the Road to Fort Carson
In 1996, on a drive with an Army officer from Fort Bliss in Texas to Fort Carson in Colorado, a car died somewhere in New Mexico and a large light shone on the two people inside for about two minutes before its electronics came back. The story survives as a few lines in a 2024 FBI interview with every name withheld. This is the record of what was said, not a verdict on what happened on the road.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Light on the Road to Fort Carson is a reported UAP case in New Mexico, on the drive from Fort Bliss, Texas to Fort Carson, Colorado, USA, 1996.
- A car shut down somewhere in New Mexico and a large light shone on the two people inside for about two minutes, a 2024 FBI interview records.
- When the light went away the vehicle's electronics came back on.
- The driver was travelling with an Army officer from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Fort Carson, Colorado; every name in the record is withheld.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 corroborating primary document.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
1996
LOCATION
New Mexico, on the drive from Fort Bliss, Texas to Fort Carson, Colorado · USA
COORDS
34.40°N 106.85°W
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
0
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
