The Roswell UFO Incident involved the alleged recovery of an extraterrestrial spacecraft that crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. The US military claimed it was debris from a weather balloon, but UFO believers argue it was evidence of a crashed alien craft and cover-up. The incident has become a widely known phenomenon and the most controversial of alleged UFO cases, sparking decades of conspiracy theories about recovered alien technology and bodies being studied by the government.

1. ROSWELL UFO INCIDENT
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2.  The Roswell UFO Incident was the recovery of
an object that crashed in the general vicinity of
Roswell, New Mexico, in June or July 1947. It
was allegedly an extra-terrestrial spacecraft and
its alien occupants. Since the late 1970s the
incident has been the subject of intense
controversy and conspiracy theories regarding
the true nature of the object that crashed.

3.  The United States Armed Forces maintain that
what was recovered was the debris from an
experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon
belonging to the classified program named "Mogul„.
However, many UFO proponents maintain that an
alien craft was found and its occupants were
captured, and that the military forces were engaged
in a cover-up.

4.  The incident has turned into a widely known pop
culture phenomenon, making the name Roswell
synonymous with UFOs. It ranks as the most
publicized and the most controversial of alleged
UFO incidents.

5.  On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF)
public information officer Walter Haut in Roswell, New
Mexico, issued a press release stating that the personnel
from the field's 509th Bomb Group had recovered a
crashed "flying disk" from a ranch near Roswell,
sparking intense media interest. The following day, the
press reported that Commanding General of the Eighth
Air Force (Roger M. Ramey) stated that, in fact, a radar-
tracking balloon had been recovered by the RAAF
personnel, not a "flying disc” as was previously stated. A
subsequent press conference was called, featuring debris
which were said to be from the crashed object, which
seemed to confirm the weather balloon description.

6.  The incident was quickly forgotten and almost
completely ignored, even by UFO researchers, for
more than 30 years. Then, in 1978, physicist and
ufologist Stanton T. Friedman interviewed Major
Jesse Marcel who was involved with the original
recovery of the debris in 1947. Marcel expressed his
belief that the military had covered up the recovery
of an alien spacecraft.

7.  His story spread through the UFO circles, being
featured in some UFO documentaries at the time. In
February 1980, The National Enquirer and Rational
Enquirer ran its own interview with Marcel,
garnering national and worldwide attention for the
Roswell incident.

8.  Additional witnesses added the significant new
details, including claims of a huge military operation
dedicated to the recovery of the alien craft and
aliens themselves, at as many as 11 crash sites, and
alleged witness intimidation. In 1989, former
mortician Glenn Dennis put forth a detailed
personal account, wherein he claimed that alien
autopsies were carried out at the Roswell base.

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