Roswell: Myth of Reality?

Government cover-ups are a common staple in today’s movies. What is it about them that intrigue the American public? Is it their potential truth? The fact that the government actually does hide potentially dangerous information from the very people whom they are trying to keep safe? OR, is it that what they’re actually trying to hide is something they themselves cannot explain? Whatever the answer may be, there is one particular government cover-up that has continued to intrigue and maintain the attention of the American public for over 50 years: Roswell.

Before elaborating about the government’s role on the cover-up at Roswell, you need to know what transpired at Roswell, New Mexico. The year was 1947. There have been nation-wide sightings of paranormal UFO’s…800 reported cases to be exact. The entire nation is gripped in fear of a possible alien encounter, when…it happens. During the first week of July 1947, “something” crashed outside of Roswell, New Mexico (Wilson 2).

Jim Ragsdale remembers camping on that very weekend and recalls seeing an object in the sky plummet to the ground at an amazing speed. The very same occurrence was also reported by “Mac” Brazel and his wife, the very owners of the land on which the

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Either way, the government did a very pathetic job in covering up what little they could and trying to get the American people to disbelieve in the existence of such phenomena. Corso has sworn under oath that he saw alien bodies in July of ’47 and had the opportunity to read the autopsy reports. They were also wondering if he could get them some small, hermetically sealed coffins. Once Major Marcel was convinced of what the wreckage was, he ordered a military block off of the entire area while the debris was cleared and classified. The range is used for testing of technologies and

systems and training for operations critical to the effectiveness of the

United States military forces and the security of the United States. One quote that particularly sparked my interest concerning the government’s ability to purge false thoughts into our sub-conscious is this: “Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. ” There are a variety of activities, some of

which are classified, throughout what is often called the Air Force’s

Nellis Range Complex. Once the wreckage made its way up to Major Jesse Marcel, the entire crash site was restricted of all civilian access. That very afternoon, Colonel Blanchard received a telephone call directly from Washington telling him to scrap the initial report and to issue one stating that the remnants of a weather-balloon were discovered, not a UFO (Forbidden 1). Parts of the debris were strewn about and a large gouge was hewn in the land where the object made contact and slip for a few hundred yards. For one of these reasons, or possibly all, the decided to cover it up. From there it was flown to Fort Worth, Texas and then later flown directly to Washington, DC where it mysteriously “disappeared” (Roswell 1).

This is what the United States government has to say concerning Area 51:

Neither the Air Force nor the Department of Defense owns or operates any location known as “Area 51.

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