On July 02, 1947, an unidentified flying object crash landed on a military base in Roswell, New Mexico.From the Unexplained Mysteries site.
Military authorities at the base issued an extraordinary press release, which began "The many rumors regarding the flying disc became a reality yesterday when the intelligence officer of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a disc". "Flying Disc captured by Air Force", screamed the headlines. Yet, just 24 hours later, the military changed their story and claimed that the object they'd first thought was a "flying disc" was just a weather balloon that had crashed on a nearby ranch, before being discovered by a puzzled local.
