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Clearly Roswell has developed into the most famous UFO incident, but this important event (UFO or no) almost slipped out of our consciousness. Now famous UFO researcher Stanton Friedman began investigating the Roswell incident in 1978, bringing it back to the forefront. Many researchers have come after him, but without Stanton’s initial questioning “Roswell” is just another desert town, and the newspaper clippings from July 8th, 1947, may only be known to the archivists.

The Incident

A wave of “flying saucer” sightings occured in June of 1947, most notably Kenneth Arnold’s report of seeing crafts that moved through the skies over Mt. Rainier like saucer’s skipping over water (where we get the term “flying saucer”). On June 24th of that year pilot Kenneth Arnold makes his report, and hundreds of others follow, many of which make local newspapers.

Then, in early July, 1947, William “Mack” Brazel finds debris on his farm land, northwest of Roswell. After hearing about the strange objects seen in the skies across the United States, Brazel drives to Roswell to report his discovery to George Wilcox, the town’s sheriff.

Wilcox calls the Air Force base in Roswell to notifiy them of Brazel’s find. Colonel William Blanchard, the base commander, sends Major Jesse Marcel, the head intelligence officer, along with Sheridan Cavitt, the head of the Roswell Army Counterintelligence Corps, out to Brazel’s land.

Marcel and Blanchard collect some of the debris and return it to the base that evening.

The following day the local media receives an official press release, as ordered by Colonel Blanchard, that a “flying disk” was found and retrieved. The statement goes on to announce the material would be sent to “higher headquarters”. The press interviews those living near the ranch, and some report seeing a blue light in the sky a few days prior.

About an hour after this official press release, Brigadier General Roger Ramey begins telling everyone the object was actually a weather balloon. Later, pictures are taken of Ramey kneeling with a weather balloon. He then orders Marcel to issue a statement saying the discovery was actually made “3 weeks previously”.

If you are to believe Brazel and his son, this was no weather balloon. Brazel showed the material to his son, and they recount strange properties that cannot be duplicated even today (at least with non-classified materials). They claim one of the materials was a thin metallic foil, almost like aluminum foil, that when crumpled would straighten itself back out. This material also could not be cut, burned, or broken. They also claim to have found I-beams that had strange, almost heiroglyphic, writing on it.

Others have come forward claiming to have known some members who worked at the base. They state that their acquaintances spoke of an alien craft and even alien bodies. Unfortunately claims like this are impossible to prove.

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