Roswell and the Making of a Modern UFO Myth: From the 1947 Crash to Online Ufology and Pop Culture
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Roswell's 1947 crash launched a lasting UFO mythos that spread through sensational media and conspiracy theories, was amplified by figures such as Kenneth Arnold, Gray Barker, Donald Keyhoe, and Jesse Marcel, and endures today as the idea that aliens were involved and officials know more than they admit.