Roswell UFO Museum Reaches 5 Million Visitors

Above, the International UFO Museum during the 2018 UFO Festival. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

After moving to New Mexico five years ago, one of the things I did that first year was to drive down to Roswell for the annual UFO Festival. My former Tarzana roommate and I had a good time at the festival.'

One of the highlights of that trip was to visit the Roswell International UFO Museum and Research Center. The museum is well worth a visit. It even has a full size Gort replica from The Day The Earth Stood Still.

Above, the museum's Gort replica display. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The Times Union reported that the International UFO Museum and Research Center has reached five million visitors.

They wrote:

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — The International UFO Museum & Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico, is celebrating an out-of-this-world milestone: 5 million visitors.

A father and daughter from Roswell became the lucky visitors when they entered the museum earlier Nov. 21, the Roswell Daily Record reported.

Chris and Hannah McDonald received balloons, memorabilia and a lifetime family museum membership.

Museum Executive Director Karen Jaramillo said it was a surprise that Roswell residents brought them to 5 million because so many guests are from out of state.

The UFO Museum, which opened in 1992, draws over 220,000 visitors each year, Jaramillo said.

Roswell has been a hub for people fascinated by space and extraterrestrial phenomenon since the 1947 so-called Roswell Incident.

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