Roswell incident - debris recovery
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Military personnel at Roswell Army Air Base recovered debris from a crashed object on a ranch in New Mexico, initially announcing it as a flying disk before retracting the statement and claiming it was a weather balloon.
“July 8 (morning), Roswell - The base provides the local radio stations with information that would circle the globe: a flying disk had crashed on a ranch and the military personnel from the base recovered the debris (video).”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-07-01
- Precision
- month
- Location
- Roswell, New Mexico
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Mexico
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- Roswell Army Air Base
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- disk
Resolution
Official explanation changed from flying disk to weather balloon; later claimed to be from secret Mogul project. Witnesses reported extraordinary material properties and possible humanoid remains.
Source document
Agency: NASA
File: 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For
Case ID: 1947-USAF-2C9F14
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