Roswell, Postwar Sightings, and the Emergence of a UFO Conspiracy Culture

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Garrett Graff argues that the Roswell incident and postwar UFO sightings sparked a lasting conspiracy culture around national security and distrust of government, creating a feedback loop between pop culture and sightings that shapes today’s imagination and politics, and while intelligent life probably exists, any contact would likely be indirect and ambiguous rather than a dramatic visitation, with much so-called secrecy stemming from misclassification rather than real covert operations.