Rancher Mac Brazel had no idea what a “flying saucer” was, nor had he heard any of the numerous reports of strange objects that were allegedly being seen in the skies over America when he rode into Corona, New Mexico on the night of Saturday, July 5th, 1947.

The events that transpired over the next several days, while largely forgotten until the late 1970s, would eventually become known as the Roswell UFO incident. It was a case that stoked the fires of controversy within the UFO community, and eventually gave rise to one of the most widely discussed—and hotly contested—UFO conspiracy stories of all time. This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at the many variations of the Roswell story, the official USAF explanations, and the legacy of the most controversial story in the history of UFO studies.

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Show Notes

Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:

• NEWS: Chinese hypersonic weapon fired a missile over South China Sea
• 'False fossils' littered across Mars may complicate the search for life on Red Planet  
• GILLIBRAND: ‘This is urgent’: Bipartisan proposal for UFO office pushes new boundaries 
• THE AOIMSG: DoD Announces New UAP Investigative Group
• ROSWELL: Report on the UFO Wave of 1947
• The FBI’s file on Roswell
• The Infamous “Hottel Memo” and Crashed Flying Saucers
• BOOKS: The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell 
• The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don’t Want You to Know

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