| Copyright 2006 Francesca Black | | | | Many believe that Roswell was a massive |
| The city of Roswell boasts a population of nearly | | | | Government cover-up. A number of books have |
| 50,000 residents, a healthy economy, and a | | | | been written about the incident, and it is |
| reputation for being a haven for UFO enthusiasts. | | | | considered by UFO buffs to be the biggest |
| The most famous of all UFO and alien stories is | | | | cover-up in US Today, the controversy involving |
| that of Roswell, made legend in movies, television | | | | the mysterious crash, the alleged recovery of |
| shows and hundreds of books. | | | | alien beings and the presumption of a massive |
| Because of all the media attention, documentaries, | | | | military cover-up rages on. |
| books, papers, TV programs, videos, motion | | | | Some are inclined to think it was some exotic |
| pictures, etc., Roswell has become a household | | | | military experiment gone awry, while others feel |
| name symbolizing flying saucers. Ironically, Roswell | | | | we were truly visited by aliens. Others still claim |
| is most famous for an incident that happened | | | | there is zero credible evidence to support a crash |
| more than 50 years ago: the alleged crash of an | | | | of alien spacecraft anywhere, much less in |
| alien spacecraft in 1947. Debate about the Roswell | | | | Roswell, NM. |
| incident has gone on for years. There is a lot of | | | | Theorists believe that Government is covering up |
| speculation and belief about aliens. The city of | | | | the crash of an extraterrestrial spaceship. They |
| Roswell, among others, aims to cash in on it. | | | | say that the degree of engineering sophistication |
| How did it all start? Eyewitnesses saw something | | | | found at the Roswell crash site had never been |
| from the sky crash. A few hours later, someone | | | | seen in this country. |
| issued a press release stating emphatically that | | | | Why Cover Up? In short, maintaining national |
| Roswell had in its possession an alien spacecraft, a | | | | security, or at least the appearance of it would be |
| flying saucer. These claims emanated from a | | | | motive enough to hiding the events of Roswell. |
| number of alleged eyewitnesses at the crash site | | | | Others feel the religious, economic, and social |
| or at Roswell AAFB. | | | | structures were reason enough to hide the truth. |
| It made the papers, but as soon as the military | | | | Still others feel that the motives of the |
| got wind of it, they moved in to correct the | | | | government were less pure and that they had |
| news reports. The Military announced that the | | | | been testing some top secret military equipment |
| crash was officially the wreckage of a downed | | | | and did not want other countries to learn of the |
| weather balloon that had been misidentified by | | | | weapons and jets existence. |
| officers at Roswell. But, according to the report, | | | | The interest of the public was aroused and the |
| the cover story blew up in the government's | | | | Roswell incident has been at the forefront of |
| face, as reporters flocked to the site. | | | | Ufology ever since. Opponents say that the |
| Roswell represents a controversy that extends | | | | arguments being made against Roswell simply to |
| far beyond the relatively narrow confines of the | | | | not stand up under close scrutiny. Others think |
| so called UFO community. Conspiracies began to | | | | that the myth that now surrounds the Roswell |
| evolve from this event, and citizens of Roswell | | | | event bares little resemblance to the actual facts. |
| have come forward and claimed that they were | | | | The fact is that more than sixty years later the |
| coerced into silence. | | | | truth is unknown. |