tential mass hysteria that could follow such a release of information, the people must not sit back and let evidence of extraterrestrial contact slip through the cracks. A UFO crashed into the side of a mountain on the night of July 4, 1947. The alien craft had malfunctions that may have been caused due to the thunderstorm. As the craft touched the ground on Mac Brazel’s farm, it again became airborne and was able to remain in the air until crashing to its final resting-place. This is where the craft was recovered shortly after the news was released that the 509th Bombardment group at Roswell Army Air Field had come into the possession of a flying saucer (RAAF 1A). The day after this newspaper was released many foreign countries began to call Roswell, New Mexico about the article so a new article was released. This article said that the mysterious objects found on the ranch were really nothing more than debris from a high-altitude weather balloon, not a grounded flying disk (General Ramey 1A). The nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman said, “Unfortunately, the media bought the Air Force cover-up hook, line, and sinker (Stacy 34).” The first decorated man to inspect the initial crash site Jesse Marcel said “I still don’t know what the material was, except it was nothing like I had ever seen before and it certainly wasn’t from any weather balloon (Stacy 34).” In 1997 a piece of metal alleged to be a fragment from the Roswell crash was presented to local Roswell scientists for analysis. Dr. Russel VernonClark performed the tests on the material and found that the object had an abnormal ratio of Germanium. This element is not found on earth and has a life of only 1.35 hours. This was proof to Dr. VernonClark that the material was from an extraterrestrial craft. Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. also examined the piece to compare it with the memory he has from the wreckage his father showed him in 1947. Dr. Marcel a...
