Before elaborating about the government's role on the cover-up at Roswell, you need to know what transpired at Roswell, New Mexico. The year was 1947. There have been nation-wide sightings of paranormal UFO's...800 reported cases to be exact. The entire nation is gripped in fear of a possible alien encounter, when...it happens. During the first week of July 1947, "something" crashed outside of Roswell, New Mexico (Wilson 2).

Jim Ragsdale remembers camping on that very weekend and recalls seeing an object in the sky plummet to the ground at an amazing speed. The very same occurrence was also reported by "Mac" Brazel and his wife, the very owners of the land on which

the object in question landed. There was a terrible thunderstorm the night before, so "Mac" and a few of the neighbor kids went out to check the sheep, only to find something completely different. The scene was that of an airplane crash of sorts. Parts of the debris were strewn about and a large gouge was hewn in the land where the object made contact and slip for a few hundred yards. Almost instantaneously, "Mac" knew what he was looking at was the remnants of a flying saucer due to the undecipherable etchings on the side of the debris (Roswell 1).

Around noon on July 8, Colonel Blanchard from Nellis Air Force Range ordered Second Lt. Walther Haut to issue a press release telling the American people that the Army had recovered a "flying saucer". That very afternoon, Colonel Blanchard received a telephone call directly from Washington telling him to scrap the initial report and to issue one stating that the remnants of a weather-balloon were discovered, not a UFO (Forbidden 1).

First off, the Army, the United States Military, released a story telling the American public that they have actually recovered a UFO. Wouldn't you presume that the United States Military would be more competent that to release such profound news without premeditating as to whether or not the American people can handle it?

is an operating location near Groom Dry Lake. Specific activities and

If only a weather balloon crashed at Roswell, why was it treated with such a high level of importance and secrecy, including the intimidation of witnesses?

You can tell how much our society has taken a fall in ethics, morals, and principles when the very government that is supposed to help, encourage, and protect its citizens, hides situations from us solely because they think we can not handle it. Area 51 does exist. The possibility that aliens visit this planet on a regular basis is what I leave up to the American public. One quote that particularly sparked my interest concerning the government's ability to purge false thoughts into our sub-conscious is this: "Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to

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