"RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region"
Newspaper article
By: Roswell Daily Record
Date: July 8, 1947
Source: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region." Roswell Daily Record, July 8, 1947. Available online at http://www.roswell-record.com/july8.html; website home page: http://www.roswell-record.com (accessed April 20, 2003).
Introduction
In 1947, the staff of the Roswell Daily Record found the eyes of the nation trained on their New Mexico town. After strange events took place on a ranch near Roswell, locals and government officials both suggested that a flying saucer had crashed there. Officials later denied this, but the idea had already caught the attention of the U.S. public and laid the foundation for a legend. Although unidentified flying objects (UFOs) had been reported...
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