ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO- Roswell,
New Mexico is often referred to as the Mecca of the UFO
controversy. The beginning of the fame started in 1980 when
Charles Berlitz and William Moore brought the story before the
public with their book “The Roswell Incident”. While the book
itself has been largely forgotten, the tale of a government
cover-up of a real UFO captured the imagination of the public and
has never let go.
Newspaper Headlines |
The Roswell Army Air Field was in 1947 the home of
the only nuclear bomb squadron, the 509th, which had
seen action in the U.S.’s attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan.
The little town of Roswell
itself was in some ways supported by the business brought to it by
the Air Field. On July 8, 1947 the town must have been abuzz with
the news reports that stated: “Roswell Army Air Field Captures
Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region.” The excitement was
short lived. The next day a retraction was printed that explained
the findings were nothing more than an experimental Weather
Balloon. This information seemed to satisfy the public at large
until the “The Roswell Incident” was published 33 years later.
Since that time, the arguments about what really happened have
raged on, and the little town of Roswell has never been the same.
Famous photo of the material found at the crash sites |
The story that came out after
the book included such intrigue as Military Personnel taking control
of parts of the town for several hours on that July day in 1947.
Witnesses who claimed to have been threatened and intimidated by the
Military now detailed stories of having seen alien bodies, strange
technology, and even an autopsy of the lifeless aliens conducted in
a morgue on the Base.
The claims also included having
seen spacecraft, and parts of a spacecraft removed from Roswell and
transported possibly to Area 51. Witness run the range from being
local farmers, soldiers, nurses, doctors, and people who had
been children at the time of the incident.
Since the ‘80’s numerous books,
movies, and of course Websites have made the Roswell story famous
worldwide. The town now does a brisk tourist business and hosts an
annual celebration commemorating the crash.
Unsolved Mysteries - Roswell (Part 1)
Unsolved Mysteries - Roswell (Part 2)
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