Roswell case: Learn how it was incident with the most famous UFOs in the USA

For many unidentified flying object researchers, The fall of an object in the city of Roswell, New Mexico, United States, marks one of the first modern records of Ufology (Study of unidentified flying objects and related phenomena).

According to the FBI and other US authorities, the case did not involve UFOs or extraterrestrial beings. However, the subject has become a central theme for UFO researchers and conspiracy theorists. Those who dispute the official conclusion state that The wreckage recovered in the city were from a flying saucer . But why do they believe that? And how did this story begin?

The history of Roswell’s UFO

Roswell’s case was as impactful to the American population as the case of Varginha, in Minas Gerais, went to Brazilians.

On June 24, 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold flew over the state of Washington in search of an aircraft that had fallen into the region. During recognition, he spotted nine flying objects in formation, traveling approximately 1,900 km/h – speed considered impossible for the technology of the time.

Until then, the fall had not yet occurred, but the flying records were already headlines in several newspapers in the United States. In fact, Arnold’s report was responsible for popularizing the term “flying disk” used to this day to describe alleged extraterrestrial ships sighted in different parts of the world.

On July 7, 1947, a Roswell farmer named “Mac” Brazel reported that Something had fallen into its ranch and what wreckage were spread over the property . Although he reported what happened only on the seven, Brazel stated that the fall had happened a few days earlier and was part of the wreckage to the local sheriff.

The sheriff asked the army for help, who sent intelligence officer Jesse Marcel to investigate the Brazel ranch. A day later, the local newspaper Roswell Daily Record published a story reproducing the government’s statement, which claimed to have recovered the wreckage of a “flying saucer” . The headline said, “Raaf capture flying disk in ranch in the Roswell region.”

“The flying object landed in a ranch near Roswell at some point last week. Without phone access, the farmer kept the album until he was able to contact the sheriff’s office, which, in turn, notified Major Jesse A. Marcel of the 509th bombing group. press released by the army.

Just 24 hours later, Roswell Daily Record published a new report stating that the army had changed its version of the facts. This time, denied that the wreckage belonged to a UFO . The article included a photo of Jesse Marcel and other military holding fragments that resembled aluminum paper. According to the new official explanation, it was a weather balloon.

Roswell case: two different versions

In mid -1978, nuclear physicist and ufologist Stanton T. Friedman resumed the investigation into the case and obtained testimonials by Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer who was leading the investigation at the time.

According to Marcel, The explanation of the weather balloon was just a facade to cover up the true story . He also stated that the photo in which he appears holding a material similar to aluminum foil was staged with meteorological balloons remains to hide what really happened in the region.

Even he mentioned that one of the recovered materials had a peculiar feature. Although it really looks like aluminum foil, it had an unusual property: by being kneaded with hands and loose, the material returned to its original form automatically.

The officer stated that Other people involved in the recovery of wreckage also believed it was an extraterrestrial ship . Since then, several military personnel and other individuals who claim to have participated in the case have described that it was not a weather balloon, but the fall of a UFO in Roswell.

Fact or fiction: What really happened in Roswell? The event was so impactful that it inspired books, documentaries, series, fiction films and various other productions based on the supposed fall of a UFO. But what, in fact, is it true in this story?

Fall of Roswell’s UFO or balloon?

In 1994, the US government published its first report on the Roswell incident; Three years later, in 1997, he released a second report. Both reaffirmed the same conclusion of the time. According to the official statement, the wreckage belonged to a balloon, but of this the government admitted that it was not a meteorological balloon .

At the conclusion of the case, it was explained that The balloon was part of a secret government project at the time, known as the Mogul Project. The purpose of the project was to monitor Soviet nuclear activities, which would justify confidentiality and confusion generated at the time.

“The US Army fueled the mystery by initially stating that the recovered wreckage were from a ‘flying saucer’ before announcing that they actually belonged to a meteorological balloon. In 1994, the balloon was part of the ultra-secret Mogul project, whose objective was to detect Soviet nuclear tests,” Britannica encyclopedia describes.

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