This Day In Paranormal History: Roswell UFO Crash Reported in 1947
by Cherlyn Gardner Strong on Jul. 08, 2010, under General Paranormal, Life, UFO News, UFOsIt was an odd press release issued by the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) public information office in 1947. It stated that the personnel from the field’s 509th Bomb Group had recovered a flying disc that had crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.
On July 8, 1947, The Roswell Daily Record ran with the information and published that press release:
“RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region”
The next day, however, the Commanding General of the Eighth Air Force brought the public back down to earth by stating that it was only a radar-tracking balloon that was recovered on the ranch.
Nevermind that the day before the press release, on July 7, 1947, William Rhodes of Phoenix, Arizona took three photographs of flying discs over the Phoenix skies.
Despite multiple accounts of secret alien autopsies and strange not-of-this earth UFO debris, the matter was pretty much forgotten until 1980. The National Enquirer conducted an interview with Major Jesse Marcel, who had been involved in the debris recovery in 1947. Up until Marcel’s death in 1986, he still insisted that something from out of this world had crashed in Roswell.
As evidenced by this past weekend’s Roswell UFO Festival, the Roswell UFO Incident of 1947 continues to evoke curiosity about whether we are really alone in this vast universe.
July 8th, 2010 on 9:10 am
Cherlyn, we visited the International UFO Museum in Roswell a few years ago, and I encourage others who are interested in this incident to do so as well. There are some fascinating displays. Have you been there? Here’s their link:
http://www.roswellufomuseum.com/
July 8th, 2010 on 9:20 am
I have yet to visit the museum in our neighboring state to the east. Thank you for posting the link. It has been on my agenda to visit for some time. I hope to get out that way in the coming months. I was bummed that I wasn’t able to attend this past weekend’s festival. It would have been a blast!
July 8th, 2010 on 9:40 am
I’m surprised that you and your husband haven’t visited this museum yet. It’s a far drive (about 9 hours) into New Mexico, but you really need to go, due to your interest in paranormal issues. Then speak to fellow blogger “Compound Captive” of his own paranormal incident after he drove away fromRoswell. He told us about it at the very first TC.com gathering at The Coffee Exchange, last December.
July 8th, 2010 on 9:54 am
I will certainly do that! Thanks!