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The Roswell incident is a collection of events and myths surrounding the 1947 crash of a United States Army Air Forces balloon near Roswell, New Mexico. Operated from the nearby Alamogordo Army Air Field and part of the top secret Project Mogul, the balloon was intended to detect Soviet nuclear tests.
Dec 18, 2019 · It began in the summer of 1947, at the dawn of the Cold War, when the U.S. Army Air Forces sent out a shocker of a press release, announcing they’d recovered a “flying disc” from a ranch near...
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On July 8, 1947, a headline in the local paper in Roswell, New Mexico ignited 70 years of "flying saucer" sightings. NASM In Roswell, New Mexico, exactly seven decades ago this month, the first...
Jul 7, 2022 · In 1947, Army regulations required that air accident reports be maintained permanently, and although none of the military services filed a report on the Roswell incident, there was no requirement in 1947 to prepare a report on the weather balloon crash.
Jul 8, 2022 · On July 8, 1947, a newspaper in the city of Roswell, New Mexico, ran a story about the United States military confirming debris from a crashed "flying disk" had been found in the area weeks earlier.
Roswell IncidentThe Roswell Incident—the alleged government cover-up of the recovery of a crashed flying saucer and the bodies of its crew at a site near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947—has achieved worldwide notoriety as the strongest "proof" of extra-terrestrial visitation.
Oct 20, 2016 · In this 2011 Ask an Expert talk, Dr. Roger Launius explores the 1947 Roswell Incident, an event that entangled the United States Army in UFO conspiracy theories that persist to this day. To understand the series of events that unfolded in the summer of 1947, Launius cautions that it’s important to remember context.
