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In early July 1947, something crashed to Earth, approximately a two-hour drive from the New Mexico city of Roswell. The specific location was the remote, expansive Foster Ranch, in Lincoln County. A rancher named William Ware Brazel stumbled on a huge field of strange debris – tough and very light foil which extended over a
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IN OUR VIEW | Birth Of A Phenomenon: UFO craze started 74 years ago today
It s been 74 years since the U.S. first started seriously worrying there might be something out there.
Jul. 6 2021 @ 6:13pm
It s been 74 years since the U.S. first started seriously worrying there might be something out there.
But was it the truth or just fantasy?
It started back on July 7, 1947, when a man named William Brazel had something to get off his chest.
He worked as a ranch foreman and had been out in the desert a couple of weeks back when he came upon something strange. Something out of place.