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    The Roswell Incident: Fact, Fiction or Military Cover Up?      Some time in July of 1947, a mysterious flying object zigzagged across the skies of New Mexico. Within twenty-four hours the object disappeared from radar just as mysteriously as it had appeared. It was last seen in a small town in the middle of the Arizona desert, it’s name, Roswell.      The Roswell incident is one of the most publicized and well-known accounts of a possible UFO crash

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    The Roswell UFO Crash      In 1947 a UFO was seen near the town of Roswell, New Mexico. It was witnessed by many of the residents and was described as something not of this planet. The government denies any evidence of this event occurring and has covered it up for may years. Now that more information has become available to the public, it is clear that something extraordinary happened.      The town of Roswell, New Mexico was the location

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    In the summer of 1947, a rancher in Roswell, New Mexico, by the name of Mac Brazel, discovered unusual occurrences and objects on his property. Some of the things he discovered seemed strange to him because they appeared on his land and he was extremely familiar with every square foot of that land and knew the strange objects didn’t belong to him. What he found included metals, plastics, and foil reflectors, which were held together by tape forming some sort of apparatus. Not knowing what to do,

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    In 1947, an unidentified flying object crashed into the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. The United States Air Force published a report in 1994. So why do conspiracists still believe an alien crashed into Roswell? After a hot humid day in July 1947, severe and violent thunderstorms filled the night sky. Long time farmer, Mac Brazel was used to thunder, and storms out in the country. Although something about this night was different. He heard an extremely loud crash, though didn’t think much

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    “The Roswell Incident” Research Paper “Mysteries are due to secrecy” Francis Bacon this quote by Bacontells of how most mysteries form. For example if everyone told the truth openly not much would be unknown. Secrecy and mystery are involved in many aspects of what is known as “The Roswell Incident”. A UFO cover up or a harmless balloon are two of the major debated theories as to what crashed near roswell in 1947. Although it’s known for sure something crashed in New Mexico, 1947,the big question

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    What may have occurred during the Roswell UFO incident of 1947? Ufos are rare to see if you even believe that they actually exist. There have been many Ufo sightings, but this is one of the most popular Ufo crashes in history. The Ufo crash of Roswell, New Mexico. During the Roswell Ufo incident of 1947 there was a cover up story, possible weather balloon crash, and the government of New Mexico tried to hide it from the citizens and press. “On July 8, 1947, public information officer Lt. Walter

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    What Really Happened in Roswell Introduction When people hear the name Roswell, they do not think of a desert town known for livestock, cotton, petroleum, and natural gas. Instead, they immediately think of UFOs and government cover-ups. When I first heard about the Roswell UFO incident I remember feeling both frightened by the idea of space aliens and at the same time excited that there could be other intelligent life in the universe. I wanted to explore and come to my own conclusions about

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    There is one incident in particular that really hits home when talking about the subject, the UFO incident of Roswell, New Mexico. Around June 25th, 1947 a pilot, Ken Arnold had reported strange objects in the sky while flying near Mt. Rainer, Washington. He stated that they flew like "saucers being skipped over water." This was where the term "Flying Saucers" derived from. The Roswell UFO Incident all started on the evening of July 3, 1947, Dan Wilmot and his wife were

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    extraterrestrial from the Roswell incident in the book The Day After Roswell written by Col. Philip J. Corso (Ret.) with WIlliam J. Birnes. This book is quite the interesting read to say the least. Extraterrestrials, flying saucers, and “foreign technology” are some of the complications in Corso’s autobiography during his time in military intelligence working at The Pentagon. Corso describes everything between the events of a flying saucer crash that occurred in Roswell, NM. on July 4, 1947 to the

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    The Roswell Incident, fact, fiction or military covers up There are many movies about what happened that night on 4th July 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. You may have seen the X-files, Unsolved Mysteries and some other films or series that talk about UFO’s, aliens and other mysteries connected with this event. However, to find truth is something not very easy to do such as there is a huge amount of conspiracy theories and we do not know which one is the real one, and what actually happened still remains

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