| The city of Roswell boasts a population of | | | | |
| nearly 50,000 residents, a healthy economy, | | | | Many believe that Roswell was a massive |
| and a reputation for being a haven for UFO | | | | Government cover-up. A number of books have |
| enthusiasts. The most famous of all UFO and | | | | been written about the incident, and it is |
| alien stories is that of Roswell, made legend | | | | considered by UFO buffs to be the biggest |
| in movies, television shows and hundreds of | | | | cover-up in US Today, the controversy |
| books. | | | | involving the mysterious crash, the alleged |
| | | | recovery of alien beings and the presumption |
| Because of all the media attention, | | | | of a massive military cover-up rages on. |
| documentaries, books, papers, TV programs, | | | | |
| videos, motion pictures, etc., Roswell has | | | | Some are inclined to think it was some exotic |
| become a household name symbolizing flying | | | | military experiment gone awry, while others |
| saucers. Ironically, Roswell is most famous | | | | feel we were truly visited by aliens. Others |
| for an incident that happened more than 50 | | | | still claim there is zero credible evidence |
| years ago: the alleged crash of an alien | | | | to support a crash of alien spacecraft |
| spacecraft in 1947. Debate about the Roswell | | | | anywhere, much less in Roswell, NM. |
| incident has gone on for years. There is a | | | | |
| lot of speculation and belief about aliens. | | | | Theorists believe that Government is covering |
| The city of Roswell, among others, aims to | | | | up the crash of an extraterrestrial |
| cash in on it. | | | | spaceship. They say that the degree of |
| | | | engineering sophistication found at the |
| How did it all start? Eyewitnesses saw | | | | Roswell crash site had never been seen in |
| something from the sky crash. A few hours | | | | this country. |
| later, someone issued a press release stating | | | | |
| emphatically that Roswell had in its | | | | Why Cover Up? In short, maintaining national |
| possession an alien spacecraft, a flying | | | | security, or at least the appearance of it |
| saucer. These claims emanated from a number | | | | would be motive enough to hiding the events |
| of alleged eyewitnesses at the crash site or | | | | of Roswell. Others feel the religious, |
| at Roswell AAFB. | | | | economic, and social structures were reason |
| | | | enough to hide the truth. Still others feel |
| It made the papers, but as soon as the | | | | that the motives of the government were less |
| military got wind of it, they moved in to | | | | pure and that they had been testing some top |
| correct the news reports. The Military | | | | secret military equipment and did not want |
| announced that the crash was officially the | | | | other countries to learn of the weapons and |
| wreckage of a downed weather balloon that had | | | | jets existence. |
| been misidentified by officers at Roswell. | | | | |
| But, according to the report, the cover story | | | | The interest of the public was aroused and |
| blew up in the government's face, as | | | | the Roswell incident has been at the |
| reporters flocked to the site. | | | | forefront of Ufology ever since. Opponents |
| | | | say that the arguments being made against |
| Roswell represents a controversy that extends | | | | Roswell simply to not stand up under close |
| far beyond the relatively narrow confines of | | | | scrutiny. Others think that the myth that now |
| the so called UFO community. Conspiracies | | | | surrounds the Roswell event bares little |
| began to evolve from this event, and citizens | | | | resemblance to the actual facts. The fact is |
| of Roswell have come forward and claimed that | | | | that more than sixty years later the truth is |
| they were coerced into silence. | | | | unknown. |