The Mystery of Roswell, New Mexico
Have you ever wondered what happened in Roswell, New Mexico? Roswell, New Mexico is now a big tourist attraction for its famous crash in 1947. There is two main theories surrounding the crash, from aliens to weather balloons. UFOs and weather balloons are two theories surrounding the mystery behind the Roswell, New Mexico incident.
In Roswell, New Mexico there was a mysterious crash is it a UFO or a Weather balloon? There was a report written by a man named Brazel describing ¨Flying discs¨ near Roswell (Frazier). In addition, on June 14 of 1947 a man named William found strange debris on his ranch with materials consisting of rubber, foil, and paper (Tribble). ¨It was a big story back in early July 1947
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for a few days, but then when the Air Force announced that what the rancher found was a weather balloon¨(Frazier). Furthermore, there was something else going on, In Roswell there we're records of cluster balloons and there we're pictures. Considering there are two main theories many people think the actual crash was of alien origin but many others say its a weather balloon. Based on the facts provided there is many things that could be real or not. Nevertheless, A popular theory surrounding the crash at Roswell is extraterrestrial.
In 1979 a man named Jesse A. Marcel claimed to see a craft, ¨It had borne strange alien pictorial markings, and it could neither be dented or burned¨(tribble). Moreover, many people have claimed to have gone to the crash site and seen alien corpses (steiger). In addition, Some witnesses say that the craft had weird symbols that no humans used for communication purposes (Randle & Schmit). A man named Dennis says that the government recovered alien bodies and debris from the spaceship (steiger). This claim is significant because it shows appealing evidence to back up the mystery. Based on the facts presented a strong theory to the incident is …show more content…
aliens. On the contrary, due to the nature of aliens existing another probable theory is a weather balloon.
Additionally, there were balloons launched on july 3 by the air force during a secret project, the balloons had a 15 pound payload (Randle & Schmit). The top secret balloon project ha dummies that may have been mistaken for ¨alien bodies¨(Steiger). But there was also balloons launched by NYU about 17 miles away from Roswell (Frazier). The debris recovered by the government was said to be paper, foil, wood, almost resembling a kite (Frazier). These pieces of evidence contradict the ¨UFO¨ theory by showing physical evidence. Considering the materials recovered by the government a balloon is a plausible theory to support the incident.
In the final analysis, the two prominent theories involving the mystery of Roswell, New Mexico crash are Ufos and weather balloons. Many Ufologists say that the debris was from alien origin. In contrast there's scientists who say it was a weather balloon. Either way the mystery behind the Roswell crash will always be a mystery. From the sky and beyond know one will ever know what really happened that
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What really happened over the summer in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico? People have debated this topic countless times. Despite all of the deviations of what happened, there is a general timeline. Sometime during the months of June and July 1947, an aircraft landed in Mac Brazel’s ranch; Brazel proceeded to tell Sheriff George Wilcox. He sent a member of the Roswell Army Air Field base to look at the wreckage on Brazel’s ranch. This person took some of the debris back to the base for further inspection. On July 8, 1947, the newspapers published stories about how someone found a flying saucer in New Mexico. However, the government told the newspapers to report that it was merely a weather balloon that had crashed. After that, everybody simply accepted the story and dropped the topic. Throughout that story, many pieces of evidence went untold to the media. There were numerous pictures that went unreleased. Many affidavits went unnoticed and nobody paid attention to inconsistencies in the government’s justifications. Because of explicative photographs, several eyewitness accounts, and contradictory government explanations, there is extensive proof that the government concealed an alien landing in Roswell, New Mexico.
This paper will prove it will remain unknown if the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) crash sighting at Roswell, New Mexico on July 4th, 1947 did happen, although the government is hiding Extraterrestrial information there. The following is a list of terms that may become confusing to some readers.
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Undoubtedly, with over 10 000 cases, the sheer amount of reported UFO sightings and abductions is startling. In July 1947, an airborne object crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Rancher Mac Braezel examined the debris which appeared to be mostly metallic and plastic scraps. However, it was damaged beyond identification of its origin. He brought some of the material to his neighbours who attempted burning it, cutting it, and yet, it would not be damaged. They also tried bending it, too which it would dent momentarily before peculiarly molding back to its original form. Mac hurriedly contacted the local sheriff, who then, in disbelief, contacted two military officers to the debris field, also in dubiety, they brought some of the material they had found to the Roswell Army Air Base. Shortly thereafter, another local along with some students on an expedition, discovered a disk-shaped aircraft about two miles from the debris field, which had four small humanoid bodies scattered around its vicinity....