Hello All:
Happy International UFO Day!
Each year on July 2nd, UFO enthusiasts commemorate the Roswell crash of 1947 while raising awareness of UFO sightings with the exciting prospect of extra terrestrial life.
But from what I've read, there are actually two UFO days celebrated: June 24th and July 2nd. June 24th observes the famous Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting. I guess we missed an opportunity for a blog article on Kenneth Arnold. But we'll do it next year.
As for July 2nd, if you ask me, the best way to celebrate UFOs and their occupants is to visit Roswell, New Mexico. They have quite a shindig this year. The festival runs from July 3 to July 6 in downtown Roswell. Looking at the agenda, I see they have:
- Drone show
- Costume contests (human and pet)
- UFO parade
- Car show
- Alien Chase 5K/10K run/walk
- Concerts
- Speakers
- Various activities at Roswell Galacticon and the International UFO Museum and Research Center.
Okay, so maybe you won't be able to make it this year. Regardless, I highly recommend visiting Roswell at some point in your travels. Complete with UFO museum, UFO art gallery, countless restaurants and shops—not to mention extra terrestrial decor throughout the town, it's definitely a destination spot for a family vacation. And depending on the time of year, New Mexico is beautiful! My wife and I went there a few years ago to celebrate our wedding anniversary.
If you are into UFOs as much as I am, the museum is a must! Founded in 1991 by Kevin Randle and Dennis Balthaser, the museum's collection includes a variety of artifacts related to UFOs, including photographs, newspaper clippings, and personal belongings of people who have claimed to have seen UFOs. There are UFO displays and scenes that actually portray the Roswell crash. The museum also has a research library that is open to the public. Something else: The tour actually details the contemporary history of the UFO phenomenon along with mind blowing facts and concepts that aren't well known. When I visited, people actually went up to my wife and pointed out how spell-bounded I was with everything! I later had to ask myself, “Why am I so much into this stuff? I’ve been into UFOs since I was a kid.”
Be sure to get your graduation cap on the way out, an official Roswell UFO museum baseball cap! I wear mine with pride!
Now, not everyone knows the details of the Roswell incident. Today's article lists the facts as presented by Kevin Randle and Dennis Balthaser who deserve much recognition for making all of this information available to us. You see, around the early 1990s there were still citizens in the town of Roswell who were old enough to have experienced the Roswell crash. The government did an excellent job of scaring the (you know what) out of them to ensure nobody talked. But thanks to the research and interviews by Randle and Balthaser, we finally have this information at our disposal. I'm old enough to remember the UFO phenomenon in the 1970s and 1980s. Roswell was just a weird and not very credible story back then. In fact, when I first heard of Randle in the early 1990s and his work with Roswell, I remarked, “You’ve got to be kidding me! He’s devoting his time to that story?” But I’m glad he and Balthaser did.
Roswell Timeline and Facts
According to 1st hand eyewitnesses, we learn that on July 4, 1947 between 11:17 and 11:27, a craft crashed just North of Roswell, New Mexico. The crash site was closer to Roswell. There was a supposed 2nd crash located in San Augustine, but there isn't enough substantial evidence to prove this.
The next day, military quarantined the area in Roswell to gather up debris and recover bodies; 5 of them that were closer to human looking with wide eyes, thin bodies and bones that were fragile. This craft was considered at the time to be extra terrestrial and was heel shaped. It was reported that the metal of the craft was extremely thin but unable to be bent or cut. Some reported wires being used that appeared fiber-optic.
Everything was brought to Roswell Army air field. On the morning of July 6th, two airplanes left Roswell field to transport the bodies. One went to Andrew Air Force base in DC so that people in the government could see the bodies. The other went to Wright Patterson Air Force Base. They didn't put all the bodies on one airplane just in case one of the planes crashed. There is strong evidence to support the theory that the bodies are now in the Nevada mountains in some hidden military base. (Area S4? Area 22? Area S12?)
On July 8th it was announced that the military had captured a flying saucer. This information was known by everyone, all the way up to the president. But by 5:00 in the afternoon, it was announced that a mistake had been made and that the crash was merely a weather balloon.
For a couple of days that followed, ordinary citizens had gone out to the sight to collect more debris and bring it home. Soon military personnel had been sent to pick up all the remaining debris to ensure that nothing remained. Still, ordinary civilians had small fragments of this material which was reported to easily crumble up, only to watch it unfold itself. Many people from civilians to military saw this type of material and marveled at it.
Some of the metal had writing on it that would have resembled geometric shapes—triangles, squares and such. Other people described it as being hieroglyphics while others said it resembled Chinese writing.
For some time after, the government issued serious threats to witnesses of the crash. A 12 year old girl named Frankie Rowe was warned that if she ever made mention of what she saw, she would be brought out to the desert and never heard from again. A sheriff was warned to never discuss what happened or he and his family would be dealt with.
Testimonies suggested that one of the aliens may have survived the crash and lived some years afterwards. There was a Showtime dramatized documentary in which this alien had telepathically communicated with one of the personnel at the military base, and made it clear that more were on the way. In the 90s there was also the alien autopsy video which had supposedly leaked a military base. New Mexico Representative, Steven Schiff, at the time vowed for there to be an investigation as to how legitimate this was; and if not, why would such an effort have been made to make it real?
In 1948, there were reports of groups of men from DC who arrived at Wright Patterson Air Force Base to get into planes. It’s speculated that these were members of the 1127th who were simply using the base as a means to escape reporters who heard word of another crash. So have there been other “Roswells” that were covered up by the government? There just might be!
You see, some have speculated that there might have been an extra terrestrial driven purpose behind the Roswell crash. Think about it: What is the most non-threatening way to introduce yourself to an alien race such as Earthlings? One possibility is to crash a spaceship in the New Mexico desert and have bodies available to demonstrate fragility and mortality. But then if there’s a government cover-up such as what ours did with Roswell, then why doesn't the alien race try it a second time in an area where a cover-up isn't so easy?
Well get this! Have you ever heard of Project Moon Dust? With an AI query we learn, "Project Moon Dust was a secretive program initiated by the United States government during the Cold War, specifically in the 1960s. Its primary objective was to recover and analyze materials from extraterrestrial spacecraft, particularly those that may have crashed or landed on Earth. The project was part of a broader interest in understanding advanced technology and potential threats posed by foreign nations, especially in the context of the space race.
The program involved collaboration between various government agencies, including the military and intelligence services. It aimed to gather information on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and any technology that could be derived from them. While the details of Project Moon Dust remain classified, it is often associated with the broader UFO research efforts of the time, including investigations into reported sightings and encounters.
Overall, Project Moon Dust reflects the intense interest and concern of the US. government regarding space exploration, national security, and the potential implications of extraterrestrial technology.”
In Kevin Randle's investigations, it was discovered that many times 4602nd or 1127th was involved, Moon Dust was involved as well. This strongly suggests that for a number of decades, there have been numerous "Roswells" throughout the United States and probably the rest of the world.
And I'll give you a little bonus. If you ever witness such a crash yourself, hurry up and take your photos and/or videos. Pick up your souvenir debris and then get the hell out of Dodge as fast as you can! You see, within seconds of a UFO crash, you will hear the sirens as emergency vehicles rush to the scene. They put up metal walls around the crash and stage tragic crashes like overturned semi trucks or horrendous fires to distract the public while they gather up the remains of the crashed alien space craft. Yes, these are professionals who are in the tradition of Project Moon Dust. The project still exists today, just a different name. And you do not want to be there when they arrive! They will see to it that you will not report what you saw.
As for the Roswell crash of 1948, it's often been pointed out that the incident has long time expired the allotted time for classified information and that Americans have a right to know the truth. In addition, the Freedom of Information Act is brought up. But Freedom of Information isn't much of an avenue to gaining information. The government can easily shut down a seeker by saying that they have no documentation on what is being asked, and if you think this is in error, you can take them to court which takes up a considerable amount of time. The government really doesn't cooperate much with Freedom of Information Act. Plus the government has a tendency to threaten individuals with too much information.
Resources
Information gathered at the UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico
Book: The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell by Kevin D. Randle