Air Force Leadership Reverses Field At Roswell

The now-famous Roswell Incident occurred sometime in early July, 1947. Shortly after Captain Jesse Marcel and others visited a debris field reported by rancher Mac Brazel, USAAF Colonel Willam Blanchard issued a press release claiming that personnel from the Roswell Army Air Field actually "captured" a flying saucer. After the spike in "flying saucer" sightings following the Kenneth Arnold sighting of late June, 1947, this set the entire nation buzzing about what had been recovered. It was only a matter of hours before the story changed, sparking nearly seventy years of debate. More to come.