The city of Roswell, New Mexico, is kind of in the middle of nowhere. Out in the desert west of Texas, this small oasis in the desert was first home to indigenous peoples, then cowboys, ranching, and farming, and then the military before becoming the crash site of a possible UFO in 1947. That story took on a life of it's own and by the time the Army came out with an official explanation in 1997, the myths had stuck.
Today, Roswell is still a farming and ranching community but 'the incident' as its known bred a tourism economy based on aliens. From the flying saucer McDonalds, to the International UFO Museum and Research Center, and the annual UFO festival; Roswell is a unique space-y destination all its own.
We’re joined by Dr. Emily A. Margolis, curator of contemporary spaceflight at the National Air and Space Museum.
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