On July 8, 1947, a rancher in Roswell, New Mexico, discovered debris falling from the sky. Although the United States Army Air Forces initially claimed that it had been a weather balloon, the incident gave rise to decades of speculation that the debris was from a crashed alien spacecraft.
The official explanation
The Army Air Forces initially said that the debris was a weather balloon. They backed this up by releasing photographs of a weather balloon that had been found in Roswell. The balloon had a radar reflector, which could explain the reports of a "flying saucer" seen in the area.
The conspiracy theory
The conspiracy theory that the debris was from a crashed alien spacecraft began almost immediately. It was fueled by the fact that the military was very secretive about the incident. They refused to release any information about the debris, and they claimed that the people who had seen it were mistaken.
The evidence
There is no definitive proof that the Roswell debris was from a crashed alien spacecraft. However, there is some evidence that supports the theory. For example, some eyewitnesses reported seeing strange lights in the sky before the debris fell. Others said that they saw bodies of aliens near the crash site.
The truth
The truth about the Roswell incident may never be known. The military has never released all of the information it has about the incident, and the eyewitnesses are now all dead. However, the Roswell incident remains one of the most famous UFO stories in history.
