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mahatmakanejeeves

(59,613 posts) Mon Jul 8, 2024, 08:33 AM Jul 8

Front page of "Roswell Daily Record," July 8, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region"

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• 1947 – Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Force personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

Roswell was this week 1947:

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Front page of "Roswell Daily Record," July 8, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 8 OP

Would be interesting to know the "real" story. Srkdqltr Jul 8 #1

The government has been covering up UFOs or UAPs ever since. I have no doc03 Jul 8 #2