Does anyone still consider Roswell seriously?

[Mercutio]

This came up in a recent conversation with a colleague. We could not think of anyone who still considers Roswell to be a serious example of a UFO incident/coverup. It is now merely a tourist trap.

Have we missed someone? Will we be slapping our foreheads and kicking ourselves because there is an active group of Roswell researchers?

Anyone?

[atari24]

I think it depends how you define "a serious example of a UFO incident/coverup." If you listen to Coast to Coast, it would appear that plenty of people still take it seriously, as far as UFO crap goes.

[Starthinker]

I think Roswell is a product of the late 70's. Nobody cared about it before and the only people who care about it now are the tourists traps and hard core conspiracy theorists.

[Patricio Elicer]

This came up in a recent conversation with a colleague. We could not think of anyone who still considers Roswell to be a serious example of a UFO incident/coverup. It is now merely a tourist trap.

Have we missed someone? Will we be slapping our foreheads and kicking ourselves because there is an active group of Roswell researchers?

Anyone?Well, the guru of ufology, Stanton Friedman (http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/sfhome.html) does consider the Roswell case seriously, so I guess his followers do as well. Friedman still considers the MJ-12 documents as proof of the reality of the Roswell case, despite the fact that it has long been proven to be a hoax.

[fuelair]

I think Roswell is a product of the late 70's. Nobody cared about it before and the only people who care about it now are the tourists traps and hard core conspiracy theorists.

Having read weird stuff in the mid-late 50's, Roswell was discussed by the fringe then (along with Palmer, Deros and all that stuff.)

[sackett]

I use Saucer Smear to keep up with ufoology:

http://www.martiansgohome.com/smear/v53/ss060901.htm

The September 1 issue has an article on Razzwell. Coincidence? Why sure, anything you say, Mr. Skeptic.

[Just thinking]

If anyone takes Roswell as fact, I've got a face on Mars that will totally amaze them.

:crazy:

[.13.]

Have we missed someone? Will we be slapping our foreheads and kicking ourselves because there is an active group of Roswell researchers?


When in doubt, google. :)

http://www.marsearthconnection.com/roswell.html
http://www.scifi.com/ufo/roswell/articles/005.html
http://www.geocities.com/the_wanderling/roswell_ufo.html
http://roswellproof.homestead.com/

I didn't bother to read those. So they may not fit the definitions of 'serious' and 'active'. All from the first page of google search 'roswell' 'investigate'.

[tkingdoll]

I know people who still believe the alien crash story, yes.

The same people still believe the moon landing hoax story too, funnily enough. I always say to them "oh, so there are civilisations smart enough to send folk into space and land, but we're not one of them? Riiiight."

[Astrophotographer]

This came up in a recent conversation with a colleague. We could not think of anyone who still considers Roswell to be a serious example of a UFO incident/coverup. It is now merely a tourist trap.

Have we missed someone? Will we be slapping our foreheads and kicking ourselves because there is an active group of Roswell researchers?

Anyone?

Still plenty of people out there. Ask those that wrote the books on the subject - Randle, Schmitt, Friedmann, etc. They believe it. David Rudiak has the most extensive website on the pro-crashed spaceship side at http://roswellproof.homestead.com/

Of course, I try and make sure the other side of the story is presented at:
http://members.aol.com/TPrinty/rwell.html

[grayman]

I rode through Roswell last year on vacation. What impressed me was the lack of UFO/alien promotion. There is a block in the downtown area devoted to that sort of stuff, but it seemed to me that they were promoting their history and architecture over the alleged UFO incident.

[KarlQuigley]

I don't believe that the Roswell incident had anything to do with aliens but I am not sure I believe the Weather Balloon explanation either. This might be due to my lack of knowledge.

I would like to find an article which "proved" the incident to be the "weather balloon" story while disproving, piece by piece, the alien story. Any suggestions?

For example, I used to believe the JFK assassination conspiracy (or, to be precise, I believed there was "something more to it"), then I watched a documentary which positively proved to me that the shooting could only have been a "lone gunman" and that there was no conspiracy.

Karl Quigley

[Astrophotographer]

I don't believe that the Roswell incident had anything to do with aliens but I am not sure I believe the Weather Balloon explanation either. This might be due to my lack of knowledge.

I would like to find an article which "proved" the incident to be the "weather balloon" story while disproving, piece by piece, the alien story. Any suggestions?

For example, I used to believe the JFK assassination conspiracy (or, to be precise, I believed there was "something more to it"), then I watched a documentary which positively proved to me that the shooting could only have been a "lone gunman" and that there was no conspiracy.

Karl Quigley

You can't positively prove anything in this case. My article at http://members.aol.com/TPrinty/rwell.html is very extensive and takes on most of the claims made by UFOlogists. I used most of the books on the subject (pro and con) to let everyone read what has been said.

As for the "weather balloon" explanation, it wasn't a weather balloon. It was a balloon configuration made of weather balloon materials that was about 600 feet long. There was more to it than a simple balloon and radar reflector. This is what confused those who found it.

[kittynh]

I think there are still people that buy the government is hiding alien technology or bodies around there....

http://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-Travels-Inside-Secret-Roswell/dp/0375753850/sr=1-10/qid=1160362605/ref=sr_1_10/002-9673625-7492810?ie=UTF8&s=books

this book is a very good balanced look at current thinking. Though I warn you, you will be scared by what really IS probably going on at Area 51.

UFOs, that's nothing!

[HeavyAaron]

You guys don't know?!?

Of course it was a crash!

Quark crashed his ship in Roswell, then he tried selling us weapons to we Austrialians for our Cold War. Duh!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708565/

Aaron