June 24, 2006

The Truth is Out There

Filed under: Almanac - Ric @ 7:18 am

It was on this day in 1997 that the Pentagon attempted to end the speculation that the United States had ever intercepted a wrecked alien spacecraft, along with alien bodies, fifty years ago in Roswell, New Mexico. At a press briefing, Pentagon officials issued an official government document called “The Roswell Report: Case Closed.” It was 231 pages long and stated that the United States had never captured any alien beings, either dead or alive, and that no alien spaceships had ever invaded U.S. airspace, especially not in the vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico.

…a UFO crash-landed near Roswell…

But the announcement only fueled more conspiracy theories. According to polls, 34 percent of Americans believe that intelligent beings from other planets have visited Earth; of those, 65 percent believe a UFO crash-landed near Roswell, and 80 percent believe the U.S. government knows more about extraterrestrials than it chooses to let on.

From the Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor
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  1. Comment by Matthew James Didier, June 26, 2006 @ 9:31 pm

    Question: The truth may be out there… but if the truth isn’t what people expect or want, will the except it? What if nothing happened at Roswell? What if the total amount of “true” Ufological information that the governments have is nada? Would anyone believe that?

    Also, if you don’t know about it, read up on what happened at Shag Harbour in Canada… a very interesting case.

  2. Comment by Ric, June 26, 2006 @ 10:22 pm

    Like Pilate said, “What is truth?”

    I just report the historical oddities :)

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