From Roswell to Dreamland :: essays papers

From Roswell to DreamlandAre we alone in the universe? This has been a common question in modernday. It is genuinely difficult to taste that extraterrestrials exist. However,the evidence to prove that the earth has been visited is very convincing.The Roswell incident in 1947 is one event that proves the existence ofextraterrestrials. Another piece of important evidence that proves theexistence of UFOs is tail Lazars testimony of his experience working in theUS secret base at Area 51. The earth has been visited by intelligent lifebecause of the witnesses and evidence behind(predicate) the romance of Roswell and Area51.On July 2nd, 1947, Jim Ragsdale was camping on a three day weekend when hesaw an object as bright as a welding torch pass through the sky andstrike the ground a few miles away. Corporal E.L Pyles saw the same thingfrom a military compound just outside of town. Shortly after, WilliamBrazel found strange pieces of wreckage on his massive ranch 75 milesoutside of Roswell. The newspapers were already running the story JimRagsdale and Corporal Pyles told of the bright light in the sky, so Williamknew that he had found wreckage of a flying saucer. On July 6th, hedrove to Roswell with some of the detritus and he showed it to the ChavesCounty Sheriff, George Wilcox. After examining the debris, Sheriff Wilcoxcontacted Major Jesse Marcel at The Roswell Army Air Field. Marcel and iscommanding officer Colonel William Blanchard both inspected the debris.They both agreed that it was nothing like they had seen before, and went tothe ranch to collect more of the debris. On July 8th, Marcell andBlanchard returned with two carloads of debris. The wreckage was thenflown to Fort Worth Army Air Field. At noon on July 8th 1947, Blanchardordered a press release telling the country that the army had found remainsof a crashed flying saucer.Only a few hours later, General Clemence McMullen in cap spoke bytelephone with Colonel Thomas Dubose in Fort Wor th, and told him tosquash the saucer story, create a cover story, and immediately send someof the debris to Washington. Later that evening, a press conference washeld in which they announced that what had crashed was a weather balloonand not a flying saucer. All of the debris, including one very large piecethat appeared to still be operable, was collected and never seen again.