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Roswell is a small town about three hours away from Albuquerque, New Mexico. To get there, upon arrival at the Albuquerque airport, you will need to rent a car and travel down a long straight road to find it. Roswell is filled with interesting spots and places to eat and relax. It looks a lot larger than a small town but definitely has a small town feel.
There are plenty of places to stay and people travel from all over the world to visit this location deep in the New Mexico plains.
Specifically, because many years ago an incident occurred here that has never been fully explained. People from all over the world are divided about what really happened and the lines have been draw between those who believe and those who do not. It’s a conversation that will draw a friend or a foe to you in the blink of an eye.
Driving around Roswell, you will see goofy looking alien bill boards, alien faces, child friendly aliens and every kind of alien advertising you can think of. And then, you can go for blocks without a mention. There is an interesting International UFO Museum and Research Center in the middle of town. And if you want, you can feel the vibe. It’s there!
Not just on the cars painted with green with aliens, or those souvenir shops lined along the main drag. But interestingly, in the sense of a mystery that has drawn the attention of many a curious soul finding their way here to see this place for themselves. I believe people will continue to come to Roswell and the millions that believe a UFO crashed here in 1947, will continue swayed in their belief that it really did happen.
Regardless of your opinion on the matter, people will continue to relentlessly pursue souvenirs and tokens from this town. It’s an international craze that has a life of its own. Possibly, a life from out of this world.
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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. The following
account of the 1947 UFO incident was taken from public records, from
information provided by the International UFO Museum and from the press release
for UFO Encounter 1997.
On the evening of July 3, 1947 Dan Wilmot, a respected business owner, and his
wife were sitting on their front porch when they saw a bright saucer shaped
object with glowing lights moving across the sky at 400-500 miles per hour. Dan
Wilmot estimated that the unidentified flying object was about 20-25 feet
across. The flying object appeared from the Southeast and disappeared to the
Northwest. Dan Wilmot reported his unusual sighting to the Roswell Daily
Record.
In early July W.W. (Mac) Brazel, the Foreman of the J. B. Foster Ranch rode out
to check his sheep after a night of intense thunderstorms. Mac Brazel
discovered a large amount of unusual debris scattered across one of the ranch's
pastures. Mac Brazel took some pieces of the debris, showed them to some
friends and neighbors and eventually contacted Chaves County Sheriff George
Wilcox. Suspecting that the materials described by Mac Brazel might be
connected with military operations, Sheriff Wilcox notified authorities at the
Roswell Army Air Field (subsequently renamed Walker AFB) for assistance in the
matter.
Major Jesse Marcel, the Intelligence Officer at the 509th Bomb Group, was involved
in the recovery of the wreckage which was initially transported to Roswell Army
Air Field. On July 8th the Roswell Daily Record's headline story revealed that
the wreckage of a flying saucer had been recovered from a ranch in the area.
When questioned Major Jesse Marcel disclosed that the wreckage had been flown
from New Mexico on to higher headquarters.
Colonel William Blanchard, Commander of the 509th Bomb Group, issued a press
release stating that the wreckage of a crashed disk had been recovered. A
second press release was issued from the office of General Roger Ramey,
Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Ft. Worth Army Air Field in Ft. Worth,
Texas within hours of the first press release. The second press release
rescinded the first press release and claimed that officers of the 509th Bomb
Group had incorrectly identified a weather balloon and its radar reflector as a
crashed disk.
The Ballard Funeral Home in Roswell had a contract to provide ambulance and
mortuary services for Roswell Army Air Field. Glenn Dennis, a young Mortician
who worked for Ballard Funeral Homes, received several phone calls from the
Mortuary Officer at the air field prior to learning of the recovery of the
wreckage. Glenn Dennis was asked about the availability of small hermetically
sealed caskets and for his recommendations on the preservation of bodies that
had been exposed to the elements for several days. His curiosity aroused, Glenn
Dennis visited the Base Hospital that evening and was forcibly escorted from
the building. This behavior only incited Glenn Dennis' curiosity and he
arranged to meet a nurse from the Base Hospital on the following day in a
coffee house. The nurse had been in attendance during autopsies performed on
"... several small non-human bodies ...". Glenn Dennis kept drawings
of aliens that the nurse had sketched on a napkin during their meeting. This
meeting was to be their last and Glenn Dennis could learn no more about the
alien bodies, as the nurse was abruptly transferred to England within the next
few days.
On July 9th the Roswell Daily Record revealed that the wreckage had been found
on the J.B. Foster Ranch. Mac Brazel was so harassed that he became sorry he
had ever reported his find to the Chaves County Sheriff.
In the following days virtually every witness to the crash wreckage and the
subsequent recovery efforts was either abruptly transferred or seemed to
disappear from the face of the earth. This led to suspicions that an
extraordinary event was the subject of a deliberate government cover-up. Over
the years books, interviews and articles from a number of military personnel,
who had been involved with the incident, have added to the suspicions of a
deliberate cover-up.
In 1979 Jesse Marcel was interviewed regarding his role in the recovery of the
wreckage. Jesse Marcel stated, "... it would not burn ... that stuff
weighs nothing, it's so thin, it isn't any thicker than the tinfoil in a pack
of cigarettes. It wouldn't bend. We even tried making a dent in it with a 16
pound sledge hammer. And there was still no dent in it." Officers who had
been stationed at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio (where the wreckage was taken)
at the time of the incident have supported Jesse Marcel's claims.
Dr. Jesse Marcel, Jr., eleven years old at the time of the incident,
accompanied his Dad during the retrieval efforts. Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. has
produced detailed drawings of hieroglyphic like symbols that he saw on the
surface of some of the wreckage. Dr. Marcel testifies regularly on his belief
that a UFO of some type crashed in Roswell.