Roswell: Debris, Declassification, and the Persistence of Alien Lore

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Roswell began in 1947 when rancher William W. Brazel found debris and Brig. Gen. Roger Ramey briefly claimed a flying disc before showing weather-balloon remnants, was later tied to the Project Mogul balloon mission, and although official investigations found no extraterrestrials, the story was amplified by Major Jesse Marcel’s accounts and later books and films by Stanton Friedman, Charles Berlitz, William Moore, and Ray Santilli, turning Roswell into a global symbol of alien-recovery lore and a thriving tourism hub despite ongoing debunking.