Roswell Fact Or Fiction Essay Research Paper

Roswell: Fact Or Fiction. Essay, Research Paper

In analyzing the hypothetical scenario(s) proposed by many UFO researchers concerning the alleged crash of an Alien spaceship in the New Mexico desert July 2nd, 1947, I beg to question, whether our bureaucracy of a government could ever clamp shut an event of such magnitude. This is the most scrutinized of all UFO cases. This story, even if partly true is the most significant event in human history, next to our own creation of course. The story is clouded in extensive myth and misinformation. Seeing as there are many version of this event, I will depict the most likely of these scenarios to have occurred according to eyewitness testimony.

Now, before I describe the sequence of events that unusual evening, I will first provide you a little background information concerning the state of New Mexico during this time frame. In 1947, New Mexico was unique to the rest of the world. For instance, the 509th Composite Bomb wing (The crew which dropped the Atomic bomb Fat Man and Little Boy on the Japanese during WWII) was stationed at the Roswell Army Air Force Base. Secondly, Los Alamos nuclear facility, home to the Manhattan project was a short distance to the north of the crash site. Lastly, you had the atomic, radar, missile-testing facility of White Sands and Alamogordo/Holloman Air Force Base only a short distance to the south (Randles 68). I believe, with such facilities congregated in one general area that from the Alien visitor.s viewpoint gathering information (Spying) on the most technologically advanced area on the planet would seem logical in 1947, seeing as the humans just finished killing off millions of their own (WWII plus Holocaust), maybe space was the next likely target for humanity to invade.

Also, I found some circumstantial evidence pertaining to the Base radar at the army.s 509th airfield outside the town of Roswell. Basically the army.s base radar had been tracking strange blips on the night of July 1, 1947 (Corso 8). This object maneuvered at such high speeds and changed direction so sharply that the radar operators said it was, . No earthly craft.. Interesting to note that through that night and the following day Army Intelligence was on high alert (Corso 8).

That night a Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wilmot apparently sighted what they theorized to be a flying disk. They were sitting on their porch at 105 South Penn. It was nearing the end of June; it was night and about ten minutes before ten o.clock when a large glowing object zoomed out of the sky from the southeast, going in a northwesterly direction at a high rate of speed. Mr. Wilmot later had this to say, .In appearance it looked oval in shape like two inverted saucers, faced mouth to mouth, or like two old type washbowls placed together in the same fashion . . . The entire body glowed as though light were showing through from inside, though not like it would be if a light were merely underneath. (Schmidt).

The New Mexico desert at night is a giant ocean of blackness. The summers are the rainy season, thunderstorms appear out of nowhere and you feel as thought the ground will crack and swallow you whole. Local storms would bounce off the arroyos like pinballs in an arcade; the thunder would illuminate the sky while the thunder shook the ground (Corso7). The night of July 2, 1947 was like this fifty years ago.

To begin with a flying craft and crew seemed to have some kind on malfunction with their ship. They touched down in the desert to try and repair the problem (Testimony will later corroborate this). Seeming unsuccessful at their attempt they decided to lift off and head in a North Westerly (speculation) direction. There are two probable scenarios that unfolded. Taking into consideration the thunderstorm it becomes possible that lighting plunged into the craft in mid flight, damaging electrical and propulsion systems. The exterior would have been penetrated, perhaps creating a suction effect in the interior and then ripping the crew out of the craft, which they (the crew) then of course spiraled to their demise. Also conceivable is the early malfunction that caused them to land and leave radiation burns in the ground became critical at some point in flight. With the crew unable to handle the situation an explosion occurred which created an opening in the hull of the ship, with the crew dead at this point the ship seemingly glided aimlessly into the Earth below. The trajectory of the craft terminated at impact with one of the many canyons in Corona, New Mexico.

William Brazel, that night had heard an explosion somewhere in the distance. As the foreman of the J.B. Foster Ranch, he was naturally curious whether something had crashed on his extensive property. The next morning low and behold he came upon a debris field, he gathered up some of the material and the next day went into the town of Roswell. He contacted the local sheriff, George Wilcox who in turn called Major Jesse Marcel at RAAF base.

Jesse was the base intelligence officer, meaning he had high level clearance. The sheriff told him that a rancher had brought some strange material in and that they.d better look at this stuff. So he, Counter Intelligence officer Cavitt and the rancher drove 80 miles to the ranch and seeing as the sun was setting they decided to stay the night. The next morning, the rancher showed them the wreckage that he had fou