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Roswell UFO Festival Celebrates 1947 Incident

Makes plans to help uncover the mystery and discover the truth at the Roswell UFO Festival July 3-7, 2008, one of New Mexico’s more popular annual events.

The City of Roswell invites UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike to join in the celebration of one of the most debated incidents in history. The event features an alien village at DeBremmond Stadium, the Fourth of July celebration guest speakers, authors, live entertainment, family-friendly activities, a light parade down Main Street, and the showing of the 1994 made-for-TV movie, "Roswell."

The City is expecting more than 50,000 visitors during the festival and guests are encouraged to make travel arrangements early.”

In early July, 1947, a mysterious object crashed on a ranch 30 miles north of Roswell. The Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) issued a statement claiming to have recovered a crashed “flying disk.” An article ran on the front page of the Roswell Daily Record and the next day, RAAF changed its statement to say that the object was a weather balloon, not a flying disk as they previously reported. This revised statement sparked immediate controversy and has continued to be a topic of debate 61 years later.

For more information about the festival, visit www.ufofestivalroswell.com/ufo/