It started simply enough. In the summer of 1947, something crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. The nearby Roswell Army Air Field issued a press release stating that they had recovered a "flying disc" . Just hours later, the military did another press release saying it was merely a weather balloon. But by then, the seed of doubt had been planted.
The Initial Discovery
The story begins when rancher Mac Brazel stumbled upon a strange debris on his fields: shiny metal scraps, rubber strips, and sticks that didn’t seem to match any aircraft known to the public. After hearing about "flying saucers" being spotted across the country, Brazel wondered if he had found one and thus brought the items to the Roswell sheriff, who in turn contacted the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF). After collecting the wreckage, the RAAF initially confirmed the discovery of a "flying disc." Newspapers around the world picked up the story, and public excitement skyrocketed. Yet, within 24 hours, the military changed their statement, saying the debris was from a "weather balloon." The sudden retraction only fueled suspicions: Was the government hiding something? I don't know about you guys, but my thoughts are: yes, the government was and is hiding something. What that something was or is, I don't know, but I'm a firm believer of extraterrestrial/extradimensional lifeforms. And I'm also a firm believer of governmental shaddow-stuff. So, to me it's sussy when the backtrack their statements and try to convince people with sussy excuses to why they are backtracking and/or gave the "wrong" statement.
In 1994 the air force "revealed" that the recovered material was from a spy balloon, likely part of Project Mogul, a top-secret operation using high-altitude balloons looking somewhat like a box kite, made of foiled paper fastened to a balsa wood frame, to detect Soviet nuclear tests. I'm curious to why not even the air force seems to know if the debris was from Project Mogul or not. One could assume that they would know for sure...not hesitate. Or is it just me?
Alien bodies
The Roswell incident went somewhat silent for a couple of decades, until story was rediscovered in 1978 by then nuclear physicist Stanton T Friedman. He was was tipped off that a retired military man had an interesting story to tell. That military man was none other than Jesse Marcel, one of the army personnel to actually witness the debris first hand.
Marcel told Friedman that there had been a cover-up. The weather balloon-story was fake and the photos had been staged. The actual photos of the actual debris hidden far away from public eyes and weather balloon debris being substituted for the real wreckage. Marcel claimed that everyone involved in the retrieval agreed that the scattered object was indeed an extraterrestrial spaceship.
In the research for the truth (back in 1970s), claims of alien bodies and alien autopsies surfaced. However, according to U.S Air Force, a the alleged aliens" observed in the New Mexico desert were actually anthropomorphic test dummies that were carried aloft by U.S. Air Force high altitude balloons for scientific research. The alleged bodies were also claimed to be charred bodies that originally came from an airplane crash during the 1950s that a civilian witness saw back in the day. The claim was and is that the witnesses that claimed alien bodies were found and transported to a military base, simply combined two separate events when questioned; the Project Mogul crash and the crash test dummies and the 1950's airplane crash, in their memories. Still, for many, the official explanations seemed fake. Most likely because of the timing of the first statement as well as the total turn-around, as well as claims and reports told other stories. Not always the same story, but similar enough stories regarding the alleged UFO-crash.
Hoaxes, books and festivals
In 1980, The Roswell Incident was published. The book’s authors, Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore argued that the original debris was from a crashed alien craft and material from a weather balloon was “hastily substituted" to cover the real deal. The book sparked additional conspiracy theories and several hoaxes, like fake classified documents (Majestic 12 or MJ-12 for short) and fake alien autopsy at Roswell. The book was disputed and the hoaxes should have killed the public speculations and interest in the incident, but it didn't. The incident became a significant part of the city of Roswell's economy. In 1992 the International UFO Museum and Research Center opened in Roswell, and since 1996 Roswell has been the site of an annual UFO festival.
Is it true?
Despite the above mentioned fabrications as well as many debunked hoaxes, the public interest strengthened, which is quite understandable. You have a possible alien aircraft with alleged alien bodies. You have the army showing up, giving a statement, then immediately taking back the statement and claiming it was a weather balloon. The army and the U.S. government have strong reasons to keep stuff secret, as well as a quite good track-record of being deceptive and doing shady things behind closed doors. If a UFO actually did crash, there are strong indications that the U.S. government would do a cover-up as well as never, ever tell the truth. If it was just a weather balloon, then why go the extra mile and make a wierd story about it to begin with? You don't go out and about for a failed weather balloon, no matter how "secret" it is.
Whether you believe the crash was extraterrestrial, military, or meteorological, something crashed in Roswell. What that something is, we can only speculate. For now.
Meanwhile all we can do is speculate and enjoy the aftermath from the story: like awesome movies, series and books, as well as cool gadgets, festivals and Extraterrestrial Highway.
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