The Roswell Incident The Roswell Incident, which enlightened our minds to the
capacity of excepting all, has remained one of the most controversial issues
today. In Roswell, New Mexico, 1947, a strange occurrence arises. An alien craft
from outer space crashed in an open field.
The issue lay still for almost thirty years, until the thought of a
government cover-up arose. SocietyÆs opinions have changed over the years.
Previous to the 1990Æs, people have despised the thought of sharing the universe
with other intelligent life forms. Now people are interested in this mysterious
phenomenon.
People think it is the blame of the movies and television. By watching this,
people are at a level at which they understand. Not only do these movies
entertain, they inform people about the little information we obtained from the
government. The thought of government cover-ups have been long discussed. The
government has always, in the past, tried to keep any sign of aliens, whether it
be pictures from space, to crashes on earth, to a low or nonexistent level.
Just recently has the government been harassed to the point where they
actually gave us clues to alien existence. It has in some ways been believed
that the government has worked in partnership with popular movie directors, to
produce alien movies to ease the thought that we may not be alone. Such movies
as ôThe Arrivalö and the ever popular ôIndependence Dayö are very good examples
of well convincing alien movies. If this is true, they did a good job, because
statistics state that 75% of people today believe that there is some kind of
intelligent life forms besides ourselves in the universe.
That is very convincing compared to the 20% whom believed 25 years ago. ô New
opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but
because they are not already common.ö (MacGowan 261) A local New Mexico rancher,
MacBrazel, while riding out in the morning to check his sheep after a long night
of thunderstorms, discovered a considerable amount of debris. It created a gouge
several hundred feet long and was scattered over a large area. Some of the
debris had strange physical properties.
He took some debris to show his neighbors then his son. Soon after that he
notified the sheriff. The sheriff then contacted the authorities at Roswell Army
Air Field Base. The are was closed off and the debris was eventually flown by
B-29 and C-54 aircraft to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. A New York Daily News
article says ô...either conclusive proof extraterrestrials have indeed visited
earth, or one of the most elaborate hoaxes ever perpetuated on the public.....ö
(Dominquez). Besides the wreckage that was found, there were three objects which
were highly debated about. Three bodies, two found dead, the other to die in a
couple of weeks.
Whether or not the bodies were actually found, is only determined by the few
witnesses who claim to have seen the bodies. A few of these people turned out to
be very highly respected military officers. Some people say that the bodies were
human which have been exposed to the radiation. This radiation could have been
caused, due to nuclear weapons that Roswell Army Air Base had been testing,
since they were at the time the only squadron which had authorization to nuclear
weapons.
This theory was discounted by most, saying that this kind of deformation
would have caused a human being to die before such damage could occur. Albert
Einstein once said: ô....I am convinced that, there is an absolute truth. If
there canÆt be absolute truth, there cannot be a relative truth.ö (MacGowan 289)
The government has been blamed with covering up this whole event. They have been
claimed to have shipped off the wreckage to Dayton, Ohio, to avoid publicity.
Which is normal, to prevent a worldwide panic.
