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