Roswell UFO Incident
The Roswell UFO incident is a purported crash of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in Roswell, New Mexico, USA. Many books and a number of TV movies have been made concerning the incident, some fictionalized and some more reality-based. Whether the events that took place in Roswell include the crash of an extraterrestrial craft is a matter of considerable dispute. During the first week of July 1947, William "Mack" Brazel, a rancher from New Mexico, discovered a large amount of unusual debris scattered widely over his ranch near Corona, New Mexico. The debris allegedly possessed physical properties unfamiliar to Brazel and other witnesses, such as his adult son, William Brazel Jr. and some neighbors who were shown some of the debris. Some material resembled aluminum or lead foil yet, when crumpled, straightened back up leaving no creases or wrinkles. Other debris bore some resemblance to balsa wood in lightness and color. But like the foil material, witnesses claimed that it could not be burned, cut, or otherwise damaged. All debris was said to be extremely light in weight. After Brazel informed local authorities, military personnel arrived, retrieved the debris, and transported it to Roswell Army Air Field in Roswell, New Mexico. At least some of the debris was later flown to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, home of the Army Air Force's aeronautical research labs. Initial Air Force press releases from Roswell reported that a "flying disk" had been recovered from a nearby ranch. Later press releases said the crash was in fact a weather balloon, "hexagonal in shape". Some charge that the change in reporting was disinformation and that the U.S. government was withholding or suppressing information. The Roswell Incident briefly received national attention in 1947, but after it was reported that the crash was of a weather balloon and not a "flying disk", the event faded from public view. Resources about Roswell UFO IncidentBeyond Roswell What crashed at Roswell in 1947? The Center For UFO Studies Response To The Air Force's 1997 Report The Roswell Report: Case Closed Roswell Incident Updated The Roswell Timeline The Day After Roswell by Colonel Philip Corso Roswell: The whole story - Time for the truth about Roswell by Kent Jeffrey 50 years ago...SOMETHING crashed in Roswell, New Mexico The Roswell UFO Festival Roswell UFO Crash of July 1947 |
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Air Force News Special Report : Roswell Report: Case Closed - In July 1994, the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force concluded an exhaustive search for records in response to a General Accounting Office (GAO) inquiry of an event popularly known as the "Roswell Incident." The focus of the GAO probe, initiated at the request of a member of Congress, was to determine if the U.S. Air Force, or any other U.S. government... The Roswell Incident: The greatest mystery in UFO-logy? by Kjetil Kjernsmo - Article from a skeptical viewpoint on the socalled Roswell UFO crash. The conclusion is that it has been created through series of slight exaggerations, which turned a pretty ordinary matter into a big, modern, fairy tale. |
Report of Air Force Research Regarding The "ROSWELL INCIDENT" - The "Roswell Incident" refers to an event that supposedly happened in July, 1947, wherein the Army Air Forces (AAF) allegedly recovered remains of a crashed "flying disc" near Roswell, New Mexico. 1947 Roswell UFO Incident - In early July 1947 an incident occurred in the desert just outside of Roswell, NM. Many people have heard of the Roswell UFO crash, but very few people know the details of the incident. Roswell Central - Dedicated to ongoing investigation of the Roswell incident of 1947, by the two chief investigators, Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt. |
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