
In late June and early July of 1947, debris was discovered on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. The ranch foreman, Mac Brazel, reported finding strange materials, and the nearby Roswell Army Air Field initially announced they had recovered a “flying disc” before quickly taking back the statement. The military later explained the debris came from high-altitude balloons used in a top-secret project called Project Mogul. Witnesses have described multiple locations where debris was found, including a large spread of wreckage and a separate crash site. Roswell has become the most well-documented case in the history of UFO sightings in America, with extensive records, museum exhibits, and yearly commemorative events.