Roswell incident: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Roswell UFO incident
Date	July 8, 1947
Location	New Mexico • Roswell • United States

Conspiracy theorists have claimed that Jesuits engineered the lifeforms supposedly found in the Roswell incident.
Area 51 has been a target of alien-related conspiracy theories ever since the Roswell weather-balloon crash took place.
The supposed government organization "Majestic 12" is alleged by conspiracy theorists to be hiding UFO and alien information, such as that purportedly found at Roswell.

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