Roswell Flying Saucer Crash Site Sold

Above, the famous welcome sign in Roswell, New Mexico. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The ranch where the July 1947 flying saucer (or UFO) crash took place has been sold to a new owner. 

Mysterious Universe reported:

The site of one of America’s most legendary and mysterious encounters with the unknown has recently changed hands and is now under new private ownership. A 78-acre ranching property located in Lincoln County, New Mexico 75 miles northwest of Roswell has been sold to Dinwiddie Cattle Co. LLC for an undisclosed amount. The parcel of land is only part of a larger land transaction, but it’s what happened on this particular parcel that makes this real estate transaction so noteworthy – and potentially depressing for those of us who need to know the truth about what happened in Roswell. 

The property sold in this transaction contains the lands that were once the J.B. Foster ranch, home to the 1947 crash of an object recovered by the U.S. Army Air Forces. The crash and ensuing investigation would become one of the most disputed and researched UFO incidents of all time and in many ways contributed the modern fascination with UFOs. 

The site has changed hands several times in the decades since the infamous 1947 Roswell Incident but has remained exclusively privately owned, making investigations of the alleged crash site difficult. The previous owners, Bogle Ltd. Co. of Dexter, eventually allowed tours of the site last year in what was the first public access to the site in nearly 70 years. The new owners, however, so far seem nonplussed with the whole UFO crash thing.

Above, a diorama of the UFO crash at the Roswell UFO Museum. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

If wasn't for the high price tag, I would have taken the tour (by bus) of the crash site during last year's UFO Festival in Roswell. Unless the new owners decide to allow them, it looks like future tours of the site during the UFO Festival won't be happening anymore.

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