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PARANORMAL WORLD What really happened at Roswell? Your reaction Here is the BBC's respondents' opinions
The conspiracy theorists point to things like the US government's
determination and ruthlessness in covering up the 1947 crash. Why else,
argue the UFOlogists, would the US government engage in such systematic
abuse of citizens? Many find it easier to believe in alien visitations
than the reality that our government and its high officials have learned
to lie regularly about all sorts of things as a matter of course. For
various reasons, they are perhaps less frightened by the former than the
latter. The Roswell mystery is, in fact, true. I was there when
Nessie shot it down. Best wishes to all who need something to hang their
hats on. It is so obvious there has been a cover up why not
admit it for the good of the world I have worked with military students from many
countries, teaching English as a foreign or second language for more than
30 years and have sometimes asked them their opinions regarding UFOs.
Around 1972 I taught all the military officers assigned directly to
Colombian president Pastrana Borrero (father of the present president) in
La Casa Militar in the presidential palace in Bogota. On one occasion I
could not resist asking them if they thought the most likely explanation
for the more reliable UFO reports was that we are being observed by
extraterrestrials. I was fascinated when they all answered in the
affirmative. Several years later after returning to the US, I asked a
colonel in the Colombian Air Force if he had ever been given a briefing in
which he had been told we are being observed by extraterrestrials, and he
answered in the affirmative. (This sort of briefing seems to have only
been given to those at the highest level in their military) Such responses
from seemingly credible, reliable military personnel over the years, for
me, tends to reinforce the belief that there most likely was a crash of an
extraterrestrial craft near Roswell in 1947. If you've ever driven through Roswell, New Mexico,
you'd have been better off driving around. Main Street is about five miles
long and about a block deep on either side. Much like the town, the people
who live there are long and narrow and not very deep. If you've ever
driven through Roswell, you would know why they invented aliens.
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In my view, it's simply pointless to give credence to
any UFO conspiracy theories, because one can never conceive of a method to
falsify them, even in principle. It's much more likely that what the Air
Force says happened - did in fact happen. The "memories" of surviving
"witnesses" are compressed from other, unrelated events early in their
lives. However, I do believe that life is common in the universe where the
environmental conditions are right for it. Of course, as here on Earth,
the arising of INTELLIGENCE is a much more questionable prospect... I believe the first account of the Roswell incident to
be accurate. I believe the weather balloon story was a hoax. It would
appear that there was just enough initial public notice based on what
really happened to forever make it impossible to still the questions about
the event. To me later stories by key area residents and, in particular,
the military officer first on the scene that conflicted with the secondary
Air Force "weather balloon" story were very convincing. As in many cases
of unexplained sightings or happenings we as individuals must attempt to
assess the quality, reliability, and character of the witnesses. To my
knowledge those coming forward had no history of seeking publicity and in
fact for many years faced censure if they had come forward. I find that a
powerful endorsement for their reliability as witnesses. I wonder why such 'strange' incidents and sightings
take place in USA alone. Were there any sightings made in any other part
of the globe? Whatever happened at Roswell, there is no material
evidence that it was to do with aliens. While I wouldn't like to theorise
too heavily, there are a number of interpretations of the evidence on hand
that do not link up to aliens. On the other hand, its certain that it
wasn't just a weather balloon that crashed at Roswell. It sounds as if the X-Files is a bit too close to some
people's fantasies. I don't believe the story. Almost everyone you see
interviewed could have some publicity or financial reason for
inventing/perpetuating the story. The story of Roswell is dead. Alien
autopsy?? Any kid with a few simple tools and items of plastic could
generate such an unconvincing tape.I'm sorry, it doesn't wash. Knowing the
government, I don't believe such a secret could be sustained.
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Why America? It seems that all unexplainable phenomena have some
connection with the United States. Small towns and deserted highways, yet
never in a major city centre. There are stories of other Roswells that
have been covered up. If aliens make mistakes with their crafts and
occasionally crash into our planet, is it not conceivable that only once
they would manage to do it in the middle of the day on a crowded
interstate? Of course not. If that happened the mystery would be over and
the United States Government would have no secrets such as these. All
stories relating to aliens and other such fascinatingly unexplainable
topics will remain nothing but entertaining campfire stories until a
squadron of flying-saucers crashes into Big Ben just as the clock strikes
twelve noon. Let's see if the US can cover that one up. It beggars belief that one of the great news
organisations of the western world, a paragon of disinterested journalism
and public service, should descend to retailing this sort of arrant and
juvenile nonsense. Shame on you. Get back to covering the news, this
instant. I've tried to do some homework on the allegations made
by both sides in the Roswell incident. It seems like neither side is
convincing. Those who say there was a UFO crash claim there is evidence,
then fail to present it. Those who claim it was just a weather balloon
sound too much like they merely discount their opponents' claims, again
without presenting solid evidence. This is not the sort of debate that
leads to the truth, whatever it is. For some reason,
the US government keeps the Roswell matter alive. Every few years, they
come out with another "Here's what really happened", each of which does
not quite explain all the facts. My belief is that The Roswell Incident is
in fact a decoy to distract attention from what is really happening.
Probably something dodgy/immoral /unethical/illegal etc. I find it very
telling that even with so many people so keen to prove that this and other
incidents have an alien involvement, there has been absolutely no credible
physical evidence We've seen time and time again how poor government
agencies are at cover ups. I think that is a good indication that there
probably hasn't been one here - I suspect that not even Kenneth Starr
could make a case for Roswell.
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