From Roswell to Dreamland

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From Roswell to Dreamland

Are we alone in the universe? This has been a common question in modern

day. It is very difficult to prove that extraterrestrials exist. However,

the evidence to prove that the earth has been visited is very convincing.

The Roswell incident in 1947 is one event that proves the existence of

extraterrestrials. Another piece of important evidence that proves the

existence of UFO's is Bob Lazars testimony of his experience working in the

US secret base at Area 51. The earth has been visited by intelligent life

because of the witnesses and evidence behind the story of Roswell and Area

51.

On July 2nd, 1947, Jim Ragsdale was camping on a three day weekend when he

saw an object "as bright as a welding torch" pass through the sky and

strike the ground a few miles away. Corporal E.L Pyles saw the same thing

from a military compound just outside of town. Shortly after, William

Brazel found strange pieces of wreckage on his massive ranch 75 miles

outside of Roswell. The newspapers were already running the story Jim

Ragsdale and Corporal Pyles told of the bright light in the sky, so William

knew that he had found wreckage of a "flying saucer." On July 6th, he

drove to Roswell with some of the debris and he showed it to the Chaves

County Sheriff, George Wilcox. After examining the debris, Sheriff Wilcox

contacted Major Jesse Marcel at The Roswell Army Air Field. Marcel and is

commanding officer Colonel William Blanchard both inspected the debris.

They both agreed that it was nothing like they had seen before, and went to

the ranch to collect more of the debris. On July 8th, Marcell and

Blanchard returned with two carloads of debris. The wreckage was then

flown to Fort Worth Army Air Field. At noon on July 8th 1947, Blanchard

ordered a press release telling the country that the army had found remains

of a crashed flying saucer.

Only a few hours later, General Clemence McMullen in Washington spoke by

telephone with Colonel Thomas Dubose in Fort Worth, and told him to

"squash" the saucer story, create a cover story, and immediately send some

of the debris to Washington. Later that evening, a press conference was

held in which they announced that what had crashed was a weather balloon

and not a flying saucer. All of the debris, including one very large piece

that appeared to still be operable, was collected and never seen again.

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