Harvey Eugene Gene Whitacre was a 20-year-old corporal stationed at Sandia Base when he vanished from the outskirts of Albuquerque on the evening of June 30, 1947. He had gone to a local bowling alley that night and, as treasurer for his bowling league, was reportedly carrying about $400. When he missed roll call the next day he was first listed AWOL; the discovery of some of his belongings on a side street near the bowling alley shifted the inquiry toward possible foul play.

Investigators found his army cap, a tie, his thick-lensed glasses, and a shirt stained with blood and showing two slash marks on the back. The FBI and the Department of Defense became involved and explored whether his work at Sandia Base could have been relevant, though the army denied he held a position that would have endangered national security. Family members were questioned and monitored, and the last known communication from Gene was a letter to his sister a week before he disappeared. He was declared dead in 1954, but no definitive resolution was reached.

Did anyone in Albuquerque in 1947 see Gene that night or have information about the side street where his belongings were found?