ALIENS IN ROSWELL NEW MEXICO??

Day 4 10/5 

Crash Site!!!

After a late night and a rainy morning we were off to Roswell, NM. The drive to Roswell was about 90 miles on good roads, taking us through the heart of Lincoln County, New Mexico.  As we approached Roswell the skies opened up and the rain started to pour. Yes it was a monsoon so often seen in this part of our country. Some streets and intersection had a good bit of standing water.

Monsoon Rain 

Our first stop was the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Outside of the museum is the rocket tower used by Dr. Robert H. Goddard, the father of modern rocket propulsion, for his rocket experiments. Inside the museum is a reproduction of his lab where he built his many rockets. He is known for many contributions to missilery and space flight. The following are some of the greater contributions:  

• Explored the practicality of using rocket propulsion to reach high altitudes, even the moon (1912)

• Proved that a rocket will work in a vacuum, that it needs no air to push against

• Developed and fired a liquid fuel rocket (March 16, 1926, Auburn, Mass.)

• Shot a scientific payload in a rocket flight (1929, Auburn, Mass.)

• Used vanes in the rocket motor blast for guidance (1932, New Mexico)

• Developed gyro control apparatus for rocket flight (1932, New Mexico)

• Received U.S. patent for of multi-stage rocket (1914)

• Developed pumps suitable for rocket fuels

• Launched a rocket with a motor pivoted on gimbals under the influence of a gyro mechanism (1937)

Goddards original rocket tower

The museum also houses many works of fine art and a rather nice 

collection of Native American, early Spanish explorers, US Calvary, and

western cowboy memorabilia. 

Our next stop was the International UFO Museum and Research Center. The admission for us senior folks was $3.00. The main focus of this museum is the events of the Roswell Incident which started on July 2, 1947, when a local rancher heard a loud noise. The next day while working his property he discovered a debris field containing strange material. The size of the debris field was reported to be the width of a football field and 3/4 of a mile long. Some of the debris is collected and taken to the local sheriff.  

Take a close look at the light post

Here the Army Intelligence gets involved and first hand accounts of seeing the bodies of strange beings and the crash material get changed. The debris materials are exchanged for weather balloon material. People are told to keep quiet and not talk about the incident.  On July 9, 1947 the AP reports the incident  was the recovery of a weather balloon. 

The rancher Mack Brazel was held by the Military from July 9-12 to inspire him to modify his story to that of a crashed weather balloon. He died remaining silent about the event with the one cryptic remark, “They weren’t green.”

It is an interesting course of events that does make one wonder, reading the accounts which were shortly retracted after they were made. Worth some time for one to research and make up their own mind. 

The lure of an Alien doughnut shop was to much for me. It was really a panaria where we got some tamales and cookies. 

After driving back to the campground, we made some great chicken fajitas, walked and played ball with The Boys in the dog park. 

Time to hit the hay as tomorrow we will be on the trial of Billy the Kid.