A July thunderstorm had swept across the desert the evening before, not an uncommon occurrence in that part of New Mexico, near Roswell. As the familiar bleating of sheep reached his ear, an unfamiliar sight caught his eye: Debris lay strewn about the land in front of him. A few days later, on July 8, a surreal headline appeared on the front page of The Roswell Daily Record newspaper. It said the military had captured a “flying saucer” on a ranch outside of town. No longer would the sleepy little town of Roswell be known simply as the dairy capital of the Southwest.

Source: New York Times July 07, 2017 18:56 UTC