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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 June 14, 1947, a rancher named W.W. “Mac” Brazel and his son Vernon were driving across their ranchland some 80 miles northwest of Roswell when they encountered something they’d never seen...
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Jul 1, 2022 · This photo is from the Air Force's "The Roswell Report," released on June 24, 1997, which discusses the UFO incident in Roswell, N.M. in 1947. On balloon flights, test dummies were used...
The UTA Libraries Special Collections Division has partnered with researchers Kevin Randle, David Rudiak, Simon Schollum, and Jerry Morelock to document and disseminate photographic assets held by the Libraries related to the Roswell UFO incident of 1947.
Mar 9, 2023 · David Zaitz. By: Beth Braden. On July 7, 1947, Mac Brazel drove into Roswell to deliver a pile of debris to the sheriff. Brazel and his son, Vernon, had found a wreckage of some kind on their remote New Mexico ranch. It consisted of rubber, metal, stick, and tin foil. The sheriff was confounded and contacted officials at the Roswell Army Air Field.
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Jun 13, 2022 · History Uncovered Podcast. Episode 48: The Roswell UFO Incident Of 1947. What exactly did one New Mexico rancher come across when he encountered strange metallic debris strewn about his property in June 1947? The Events Leading Up To The Roswell Incident.
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.
