Roswell UFO Incident
A controversial and widely debated UFO incident that occurred in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico. A mysterious object crashed, leading to claims of a UFO crash and government cover-up.
- Region
- New Mexico
- Country
- USA
- Category
- UFO
- Date
- 8 July 1947
- Continent
- North America
The report
The Roswell UFO incident began in early July 1947 when a mysterious object crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field issued a press release stating that a 'flying disc' had been recovered. This statement was quickly retracted and replaced with an explanation that the object was a weather balloon. In the decades that followed, the incident became central to UFO theories and sparked widespread speculation about extraterrestrial life and government secrecy.
Sources and further reading
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