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For three decades, nobody talked about Roswell. Then a nuclear physicist found a retired intelligence officer, a series of books rewrote history, and the most famous UFO case in the world was built – partly on evidence, partly on fabrication.
On July 8, 1947, the world's only nuclear-armed bomber unit announced it had recovered a 'flying disc.' By the next morning, the story was dead. What the original 1947 sources actually say – and don't say – about the most famous UFO case in history.
In July 1947, the U.S. Army announced it had recovered a 'flying disc' near Roswell, New Mexico – then retracted the claim within hours. Decades later, the case became the most famous UFO story in history.