The Truth Behind Roswell

Copyright 2006 Francesca BlackMany believe that Roswell was a massive
The city of Roswell boasts a population of nearlyGovernment cover-up. A number of books have
50,000 residents, a healthy economy, and abeen 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 iscover-up in US Today, the controversy involving
that of Roswell, made legend in movies, televisionthe 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, motionSome are inclined to think it was some exotic
pictures, etc., Roswell has become a householdmilitary experiment gone awry, while others feel
name symbolizing flying saucers. Ironically, Roswellwe were truly visited by aliens. Others still claim
is most famous for an incident that happenedthere is zero credible evidence to support a crash
more than 50 years ago: the alleged crash of anof alien spacecraft anywhere, much less in
alien spacecraft in 1947. Debate about the RoswellRoswell, NM.
incident has gone on for years. There is a lot ofTheorists believe that Government is covering up
speculation and belief about aliens. The city ofthe 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 somethingfound at the Roswell crash site had never been
from the sky crash. A few hours later, someoneseen in this country.
issued a press release stating emphatically thatWhy Cover Up? In short, maintaining national
Roswell had in its possession an alien spacecraft, asecurity, or at least the appearance of it would be
flying saucer. These claims emanated from amotive enough to hiding the events of Roswell.
number of alleged eyewitnesses at the crash siteOthers 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 militaryStill others feel that the motives of the
got wind of it, they moved in to correct thegovernment were less pure and that they had
news reports. The Military announced that thebeen testing some top secret military equipment
crash was officially the wreckage of a downedand did not want other countries to learn of the
weather balloon that had been misidentified byweapons 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'sRoswell 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 extendsarguments being made against Roswell simply to
far beyond the relatively narrow confines of thenot stand up under close scrutiny. Others think
so called UFO community. Conspiracies began tothat the myth that now surrounds the Roswell
evolve from this event, and citizens of Roswellevent bares little resemblance to the actual facts.
have come forward and claimed that they wereThe fact is that more than sixty years later the
coerced into silence.truth is unknown.