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The
city of Roswell boasts
a population of nearly
50,000 residents, a
healthy economy, and
a reputation for being
a haven for UFO enthusiasts.
The most famous of all
UFO and alien stories
is that of Roswell,
made legend in movies,
television shows and
hundreds of books.
Because of all the media
attention, documentaries,
books, papers, TV programs,
videos, motion pictures,
etc., Roswell has become
a household name symbolizing
flying saucers. Ironically,
Roswell is most famous
for an incident that
happened more than 50
years ago: the alleged
crash of an alien spacecraft
in 1947. Debate about
the Roswell incident
has gone on for years.
There is a lot of speculation
and belief about aliens.
The city of Roswell,
among others, aims to
cash in on it.
How
did it all start?
Eyewitnesses saw something
from the sky crash.
A few hours later, someone
issued a press release
stating emphatically
that Roswell had in
its possession an alien
spacecraft, a flying
saucer. These claims
emanated from a number
of alleged eyewitnesses
at the crash site or
at Roswell AAFB.
It
made the papers, but
as soon as the military
got wind of it, they
moved in to correct
the news reports. The
Military announced that
the crash was officially
the wreckage of a downed
weather balloon that
had been misidentified
by officers at Roswell.
But, according to the
report, the cover story
blew up in the government's
face, as reporters flocked
to the site.
Roswell
represents a controversy
that extends far beyond
the relatively narrow
confines of the so called
UFO community. Conspiracies
began to evolve from
this event, and citizens
of Roswell have come
forward and claimed
that they were coerced
into silence.
Many
believe that Roswell
was a massive Government
cover-up. A number of
books have been written
about the incident,
and it is considered
by UFO buffs to be the
biggest cover-up in
US Today, the controversy
involving the mysterious
crash, the alleged recovery
of alien beings and
the presumption of a
massive military cover-up
rages on.
Some
are inclined to think
it was some exotic military
experiment gone awry,
while others feel we
were truly visited by
aliens. Others still
claim there is zero
credible evidence to
support a crash of alien
spacecraft anywhere,
much less in Roswell,
NM.
Theorists
believe that Government
is covering up the crash
of an extraterrestrial
spaceship. They say
that the degree of engineering
sophistication found
at the Roswell crash
site had never been
seen in this country.
Why
Cover Up?
In short, maintaining
national security, or
at least the appearance
of it would be motive
enough to hiding the
events of Roswell. Others
feel the religious,
economic, and social
structures were reason
enough to hide the truth.
Still others feel that
the motives of the government
were less pure and that
they had been testing
some top secret military
equipment and did not
want other countries
to learn of the weapons
and jets existence.
The
interest of the public
was aroused and the
Roswell incident has
been at the forefront
of Ufology ever since.
Opponents say that the
arguments being made
against Roswell simply
to not stand up under
close scrutiny. Others
think that the myth
that now surrounds the
Roswell event bares
little resemblance to
the actual facts. The
fact is that more than
sixty years later the
truth is unknown.
About
the Author:
Francesca Black a long
time science fiction
buff, manages content
for UFO Gifts http://www.ufo-gifts.com
and Science Fiction
Corner http://www.science-fiction-corner.com
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