In 1947 the country believed that aliens landed in Roswell, New Mexico. Many people unaware what the government was doing and that had beliefs of aliens had every right to think that some kind of extraterrestrial activity was going on in New Mexico. The media started to spread the stories before anyone got the facts out. Everyone was now questioning, if not believing, that aliens had reached earth. If the media would have been better informed, and the government would have worked harder to be open and let the public know what was going on, there may or may not have been a Roswell Incident.
             The story spread that aliens had come to the United States on July 8, 1947. The Army Air Field issued a press release saying it had recovered the wreckage of a "flying disk." The statement from the Military sparked incredulous news stories around the world (Handy). This was not the first time extraterrestrial life was believed to land on earth. Reports from as early as 1862 of an alien aircraft crashing into a small, remote island in the Indian Ocean killing all of its twelve occupants. In 1897 a small craft plunged to the ground in Aurora, Texas extinguishing its extraterrestrial pilot (Bartholomew). Then the next big case was Roswell. Why should not the public believe it is true after seeing the history of alleged alien crashes? More sightings have also been reported in 1992, 1995, and 1996. After hearing many accounts the public was pretty convinced that the extraterrestrial landings could have great validity. Many essays have been published by accredited writers about aliens landing on Earth. They include "Alien Abductions" and "Extraterrestrial Intelligence" with contributors including Robert Bartholomew and Eugene Emery. As technology increased, many UFO sightings have been captured by video cameras. To say the least, these experiences cannot be easily explained. (Huston)
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