{"id":2980,"slug":"elephant-mountain-b-52-site-greenville-maine","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Elephant Mountain is the B-52 — the '63 crash that killed 7, the tail that was torn off. The Adler was the miracle — the ejection without the parachute, the seat that saved him. The Bulli was the tree — the 30 feet that he dangled, the -29 degrees that he survived.","The debris is the acres — the wreckage that's still there, the memorial that's the living. The cold was the enemy — the training mission that was routine, the turbulence that was the cause. Elephant Mountain is the Cold War's — the Stratofortress that's the wreck, the 7 who are honored.","The file keeps Elephant Mountain: the 1963 crash, the 7 dead, the Adler ejection, and the debris field.","Elephant Mountain is the archive's Greenville file — the B-52 wreck."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Elephant Mountain is the archive's Greenville file — the Cold War crash.","A mountain keeps its wreckage — the file's suggestion being that Elephant's hold is the survival: the ejection without parachute, the -29 degrees, and the debris that's the memorial."]}],"name":"Elephant Mountain B-52 site","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","MILITARY"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"January 24, 1963—the Stratofortress that broke apart over the mountain.","full_desc":"Elephant Mountain B-52 site is a site in Greenville, Maine. January 24, 1963—the Stratofortress that broke apart over the mountain. Its accounts name only a collective — the crew. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Greenville","county":null,"state":"Maine","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":45.466113,"lon":-69.577856,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / park","research_notes":"NE2 batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2806,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The crew are reportedly remembered. The reports at Elephant Mountain B-52 site are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. Named ghosts are the ones that last — this one has lasted. It remains the site's standing claim.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":"The crew","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"B-52 Elephant Mountain","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Elephant_Mountain_B-52_crash","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2807,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures at the debris field. The site in Greenville, Maine gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. The report is preserved in sources like 'B-52 Elephant Mountain'. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"B-52 Elephant Mountain","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Elephant_Mountain_B-52_crash","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The January 24, 1963 crash is documented; seven died. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'B-52 Elephant Mountain' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1963-01-24","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"B-52 Elephant Mountain","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Elephant_Mountain_B-52_crash","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The crew are reportedly remembered. The reports at Elephant Mountain B-52 site are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. The report is preserved in sources like 'B-52 Elephant Mountain'. The retelling is the record now — the legend metabolized the facts long ago.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"B-52 Elephant Mountain","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Elephant_Mountain_B-52_crash","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The crew","claimed_identity":"The crew","verified":null,"summary":"The crew are reportedly remembered. The site in Greenville, Maine gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. Sources including 'B-52 Elephant Mountain' keep the claim in circulation. The lore has a face now: The crew. The claim holds its place in the ledger.","behavior":"The crew are reportedly remembered.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"B-52 Elephant Mountain","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Elephant_Mountain_B-52_crash","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"B-52 Elephant Mountain","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Elephant_Mountain_B-52_crash","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}