Roswell, Rumors, and Technosignatures: A Modern History of UFO Lore and the Search for Life

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Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting, Roswell debris, and cases like Lonnie Zamora fused UFO lore with conspiracy culture led by Bill Cooper and Alex Jones, while SETI now searches for technosignatures and suggests intelligent life probably exists but contact would be ambiguous or mundane, with democracy and technology shaping how far humanity will explore the cosmos.

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In 1947, a New Mexico rancher found mysterious debris on his land. UFO author Garrett Graff links the Roswell incident to the deep state conspiracy theories and misinformation of today.