On June 24, 1997 the United States Air Force released a 231 page report on the alleged UFO events at Roswell, New Mexico. The public was interested in the town of Roswell because of strange occurrences that happened near the town in July 1947.
In early July, 1947 ranch foreman W.W. Brazel found a strange, shiny material scattered around his land. Brazel gave the material to the local sheriff who gave it to authorities at a nearby Air Force base. On July 8, the Air Force announced they had found wreckage of a "flying disk." A local newspaper ran the story and the rest is UFO history.
After the news hit, the Air Force changed their story saying the wreckage was just a downed weather balloon. Interest in the materials ended until the 1970s when claims of a cover up surfaced. The "Ufologists" claimed that the military had actually recovered several alien bodies from the site and were holding them in the secret Area 51 installation in Nevada. Attempting to stop the ufologists, the Air Force released a 1,000 page report in 1994 again stating their claim that the debris were from a classified weather balloon.
On July 24, 1997, one week before the 50th anniversary celebration of the original incident, the Air Force released the 231 page report. The report stated the case was closed - there were no alien spacecraft or alien bodies. Any bodies recovered from the site were crash test dummies used for parachute tests.
The conspiracy theorists criticized the report and the controversy continues. There is an annual event in Roswell each July as well the International UFO Museum and Research Center.
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| Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don't want you to Know By Korff, Kal K. 1997/05 - Prometheus Books 1573921270 Check the Library's Catalog On the 50th anniversary of the alleged crash of a UFO at Roswell, New Mexico, UFO and paranormal investigator Kal Korff reveals never-before-published information on the "Roswell incident"--revelations powerful enough to change public opinion forever. This groundbreaking volume also includes a complete report on the popular "alien autopsy". Photos & illustrations. ...More
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| The Real Roswell Crashed Saucer Coverup By Klass, Philip J. 1997/10 - Prometheus Books 1573921645 Check the Library's Catalog The Real Roswell Crashed-Saucer Coverup proves beyond any doubt, based on once "Secret" and "Top Secret" Air Force and CIA documents, that there is indeed a massive coverup of the truth. It reveals that those involved in the crashed-saucer coverup are the authors of books and articles, and TV show producers, who falsely accuse the government while they themselves withhold information contained in these once "Secret" and "Top Secret" documents to line their own pockets. In contrast to the hard evidence contained in these once highly classified documents, author Philip J. Klass reveals flaws and contradictions in the tales told by some of the key alleged witnesses who claim to have seen crashed saucer and/or ET bodies. He also reveals how Roswell researchers themselves sharply disagree as to what allegedly occurred and when it happened. ...More
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