Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
Roswell: Fact Or Fiction? - Research Paper

Roswell: Fact Or Fiction?


Roswell, a small town in New Mexico, is commonly referred to as "The UFO capital of the world!" Many people today believe that extra-terrestrials were recovered here from an unexpected crash landing of some sort. Thought to be a cover up by the military, Roswell is one of history's biggest sought after stories. There are many eyewitnesses who testify in favor of aliens, but also many counter statements to the eyewitness's testimonies. Has Roswell, NM been a cover-up by the government or is the world so "space crazy" that we actually believe in people from a different planet?
The evidence found and seen at Roswell is astounding. On the so-called "crash site", many people claim to have ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

of a UFO, but shortly that statement was withdrawn and the description of a downed weather balloon became the argument. Maj. Marcel told the world that debris he and other soldiers had recovered at a remote ranch near Roswell in July 1947 had been the remains of a flying saucer.
The first news story released by the Roswell Army Air Field in 1947 said the same thing. But the military almost immediately amended that report, saying the wreckage actually came from a weather balloon. According to Maj. Marcel, the weather balloon story was a cover-up. Writers who investigated the event say the weather balloon was substituted for real debris, to throw reporters off track (Haddrill, 39A).
More discrepancies include the false identity of Major Milton Knight. He apparently was assigned to investigate UFOs but when a good friend of his, Mr. Haut, quoted him in an interview, the Air force claims that Major Knight never existed. Mr. Haut said he was told to write a prepared statement for ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.


Already a member? Login


CITE THIS PAGE:

Roswell: Fact Or Fiction?. (2005, June 10). Retrieved December 23, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Roswell-Fact-Or-Fiction/28299
"Roswell: Fact Or Fiction?." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 10 Jun. 2005. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Roswell-Fact-Or-Fiction/28299>
"Roswell: Fact Or Fiction?." Essayworld.com. June 10, 2005. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Roswell-Fact-Or-Fiction/28299.
"Roswell: Fact Or Fiction?." Essayworld.com. June 10, 2005. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Roswell-Fact-Or-Fiction/28299.
JOIN NOW
Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays


PAPER DETAILS
Added: 6/10/2005 09:08:32 PM
Category: Miscellaneous
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 1086
Pages: 4

Save | Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS
Save and find your favorite essays easier

SIMILAR ESSAYS
» Unidentified Flying Objects: Fa...
» Roswell Incident
» Roswell
» I Want To Believe
» The Aviary, The Aquarium, And E...
Copyright | Cancel | Contact Us

Copyright © 2024 Essayworld. All rights reserved