Roswell 1947: From Flying Disk to Weather Balloon - A Government-Record Reassessment

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Even though it’s a cultural icon, records show Roswell was a mundane Cold War incident: Mac Brazel found debris and it was examined by Sheriff George Wilcox and Major Jesse A. Marcel, a July 8 claim of a flying disk was corrected to a weather balloon with a radar target, the debris and balloon were sent to Wright Field, Project BLUE BOOK found no threat or alien evidence, the GAO later noted few contemporaneous records and upheld the weather-balloon explanation, Majestic 12 was dismissed as a hoax, and 1995–97 reports tie the debris to Project MOGUL with later rumors explained as test dummies or ordinary casualties, inviting readers to consult sources to see how the narrative was shaped and how unidentified aerial phenomena are viewed today.