The first Crashed Thargoid Ship to be discovered can be found on Pleiades Sector AB-W b2-4 body 9 a, located at 43.9385, -143.8448 (in Live/4.0) or at -26.3429, 97.7139 (in Legacy/3.8).

Clues to the existence and location of the ship were being given by the Granger Gang during The Hunt mystery, however before all of the clues were revealed, CMDR Noctrach and CMDR Ihazevich discovered the ship and are for whom the nearby Imperial Research Facility is named.