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| Above, the famous Welcome To Roswell sign. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The topic of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) or (as the government is now calling them) Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) is getting hotter since the government is funding an investigation into a UFO crash in 1945 near San Antonio, New Mexico. This predates the Roswell Incident of July 1947 by two years. Even Tucker Carlson covered the story on Fox News two days ago.
A Tennessee congressman recently called for the government to open its files on UFOs that had been covered-up.
This'll likely draw more people to the annual Roswell UFO Festival this coming July. This year's festival will be held in Roswell from June 30 to July 2.
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| Above, yours truly with the Roswell Daily Record front page reprint at the 2018 UFO Festival. |
I attended the 2018 UFO Festival and had a great time. They had plenty of vendors, exhibits, the Roswell International UFO Museum & Research Center, speakers and entertainment. But be prepared to do a lot of walking as not all events are centrally located in one spot (Roswell could use a convention center to house all events).
According to the official website (from last year, which was the 75th anniversary of the Roswell Incident):
What is the UFO Festival?
Was it an alien encounter, a weather balloon, or a flying saucer? The event known as the Roswell Incident quickly swept through the nation in 1947. The “UFO Capital of the World” is known internationally by UFO enthusiasts and deniers alike!
The City of Roswell is excited to open its doors to a worldwide audience for the 2022 Annual UFO Festival. This destination Festival will include plenty of immersive experiences, live music, local food, out of this world photo ops, as well as other family-friendly events happening all over the city.
There are plenty of goodies to buy, but the main thing I was after was a reprint of the historic front page of the Roswell Daily Record of July 8, 1947, which I bought. Well, I did manage to get a baseball cap also.
If you thought that the beginning of UFO sightings only started at the dawn of the nuclear age, guess again.
According to KRQE:
The first recorded UFO sighting dates to 1639 when, long before the era of planes and satellites, John Winthrop wrote in his diary about a large, strange light in the sky that shot back and forth. By the time he and the other men on his boat got their wits about them, their vessel was a mile from where it had been when they first spotted the light.
For more information on the Roswell UFO Festival, go here.
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