Roswell UFO Festival

jmcharry writes "From the Washington Post: 'Attention, all aliens. Come on down. Because, seriously, this is your crowd. About 50,000 of your closest admirers are expected this weekend for the Roswell UFO Festival, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the nearby crash landing of a flying saucer — and, naturally, the ensuing government cover-up.'"

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UFO - Roswell? HAHA

[IdleTime]

Well, I guess it's a form of socializing and these people get off on it...

Btw, Area 51 has been closed for some time due to hazmat risks, the business is now moved to a more desolate place.

Re:UFO - Roswell? HAHA

[jawtheshark]

For those who do not know what hazmat means... I didn't...

If you're in the area, go!

[dave-tx]

Seriously - if you're in the general area (as much as THAT can be said in New Mexico), go to Roswell. My wife and I stopped by during the 50th anniversary and had a blast. It's a cute town, and when it's overrun by UFO nuts and X-Files fans, it's just plain silly.

No, really!

[hey!]

I was in the gym the other day, and the "Discovery Channel" had a show on about Mexican UFO sightings. Apparently, Mexico is the hot new location for "UFOlogists".

Re:No, really!

[niktemadur]

I was in the gym the other day, and the "Discovery Channel" had a show on about Mexican UFO sightings. Apparently, Mexico is the hot new location for "UFOlogists".

It's this guy's fault: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Maussan

He used to be a serious reporter (an anchorman for the mexican 60 Minutes), but in the last decade or two he's made a mint holding conferences all over Mexico about the grays and illuminati and all sorts of rubbishy things. Whenever he's on television (which is often), his appearances sound like paid advertisements for his conferences. And I know people who attend and believe, too.

Last I heard (a few years ago), he was saying that an alien bracelet had come into his possession, with the line that top scientists had analyzed the artifact and were baffled by its' properties. Of course, these are scientists neither you or I have ever heard of, and ditto for the lab that supposedly performed the tests. If he even gave any names, which I'm not sure about.

Why not link to slashdot ?

[aepervius]

walter haut, and I'll repeat what I said there : a confession discussed in 2000, made in 2002 for a death in 2005 is a way wee bit exagerated for the term "deathbed". Furthermore There is no way the guy would want to attract glory after his death. No, he was clearly impartial. wait wasn't it the guy with the ufo museum ? And wasn't it the guy which pretended that the US army would be stupid enough to ask casket (kid sized) from a local mortician ? I am surprised that some people give credence to this. Finally I'll deathbed confess that I know where a lot of gold is. Since it will be on my deathbed that will make it automatically true.

Come on, next you will tell me silvia browne conatct the dead, Steorn has got free energy, and geller really bend spoon with his will. What next ? Homeopathy, the way hahneman described it, works perfectly ?

The Manhattan Project

[DavidHumus]

I've always thought it an interesting coincidence that the Roswell myth dates from about the same time that the Manhattan Project - which was an actual large-scale government cover-up - became public knowledge.

Not only that, but Alamogordo is less than a hundred miles from Roswell.

Other sightings

[Boronx]

Anybody else remember when this got out? This video was broadcast live during a classroom discussion that included shuttle astronauts. It made the national news at the time and AFAIK is legit. I think NASA stopped doing live broadcasts of exernal video after this.

I'm pretty sure the panning and zooming were added by the Youtuber, but the actions of the UFO in the picture are exactly as I remember from the news clips.