Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered if there was life anywhere else? Have you seen something in the sky that is almost inexplicable? What if your thoughts actually came true? The idea of ​​the existence of extraterrestrials seems to have been around since the dawn of time. There is one incident in particular that really stands out when discussing the subject, the Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident. Around June 25, 1947, a pilot, Ken Arnold, reported strange objects in the sky while flying near Mount Rainer, Washington. . He said they flew like "saucers hopped over water." This is where the term “flying saucers” comes from. The Roswell UFO incident began on the evening of July 3, 1947, Dan Wilmot and his wife were sitting on their porch when they saw the distinct shape of a saucer flying across the sky. A few days before this sighting, military radar in the area tracked an unidentified flying object for four days. On Independence Day, radar indicated that the object had fallen about 30 to 40 miles northwest of Roswell. A few days after the actual sighting from the Wilmots, WW Brazel, ranch foreman JB Foster went to check on his sheep after some intense thunderstorms the night before. He accidentally discovered a very large quantity of debris of an unknown metallic substance scattered throughout the field. It was also stated that he came across a shallow trench in the ground that extended hundreds of feet. Brazel was collecting some of these debris to show his family and friends. A few days later, he contacted Sheriff Wilcox of Chaves County. Once Wilcox had the information he needed, he contacted Roswell Army Air Force Base, where Major Jessie Marcel was assigned to examine...... middle of paper ...... The Armed forces still claim to this day that the alleged “UFO” that was recovered was an experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon. This "balloon" is believed to be part of the previously classified program, Mogul. The main UFO conspiracy states that an alien spacecraft was found, its occupants were captured, and the government began a massive cover-up, Mogul being one of them. The Roswell UFO incident is considered the most controversial and well-known capture of a UFO. alien vessel and its occupants. It is still unknown to the public and the US military still maintains that the crash was that of a secret balloon. Information has been covered up and misinterpreted since the incident, people may never know the true story of Roswell. Or if the military press release is really true and all that really happened was a crashed surveillance balloon..