Roswell UFO incident

The Roswell incident is a series of events and myths about a military balloon crash. It happens in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico. That summer, there is a craze about flying discs, and many Americans report seeing flying saucers. A rancher near Roswell finds some metallic and rubber debris. He thinks it is a crashed flying saucer and reports it to the military. Roswell Army Air Field recovers the debris. The Army tells the local news that they found a "flying disc." This makes worldwide news, but the Army quickly changes their statement. The Air Force hides the real reason for the crash. It is a balloon used for nuclear test detection, but General Roger Ramey says it is a weather balloon. Thirty years later, conspiracy theorists say the government is hiding the truth. They claim the Air Force is covering up a spaceship. 

References
Young readers



Video
 Department of Defense (1997) The Roswell Reports. Vol. 1. National Archives Identifier: 2788598.

General
 Goldberg, Robert Alan (2001). "Chapter 6: The Roswell Incident". Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. .
 Frank, Adam (2023). The Little Book of Aliens -Ebook ed. New York: Harper. .
 Korff, Kal (1997). The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don't Want You to Know (First ed.). Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. .
 Olmsted, Kathryn S. (2009). "Chapter 6: Trust No One: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories from the 1970s to the 1990s". Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11. Oxford University Press. .
 Young, James Michael (2020). "The U.S. Air Force's Long Range Detection Program and Project MOGUL". Air Power History. 67 (4).

Category:1947 in the United States
Category:20th century in New Mexico