Surrounded by mystery, skepticism and intrigue, the Roswell Incident has fascinated Americans believers and cynics for decades. But what is the Roswell Incident and why is it such a controversial topic?
On July 4, 1947 an unidentified flying object ( UFO )crashed into the rocky plains region just outside Roswell, a small town in New Mexico. This strange craft, complete with reported strange markings and indestructible metal components was discovered on the property of a local rancher named W. Mack Brazel - together with his neighbors, Floyd and Loretta Proctor who witnessed this strange discovery.
It was a somewhat flamboyant culmination for the many townsfolk of Roswell who, several days prior to the incident had claimed to witness some unusual UFO activity in the area. This event is now referred to as ‘The Roswell Incident’.
This may seem fascinating in itself but the vessel was not the most important discovery made on that night. It is further alleged that lying next to the strange craft were the bodies of four passengers, three of them now dead and a fourth clinging to life. These passengers were by all accounts not from this earth, the passengers were not human!
These four beings were small and short in stature with grey, completely hairless skin and their oversized heads were complete with big black eyes. Needless to say Mack Brazel, upon making this eerie discovery, telephoned the local military base and in particular, Intelligence Officer, Major Jesse Marcel of the 509 Bomb Group who closed the site and took control of the investigation and subsequent clean-up of the crash ‘debris’.
Initially the local military were confident enough to announce the fact that they had found an authentic ‘flying saucer’ and news spread all over the nation about this alien spacecraft via the media and the soldiers who were part of the retrieval mission.
