International UFO Museum and Research Center - Roswell - TravBuddy

Roswell, New Mexico became a famous place in July of 1947. During a very strong thunderstorm northwest of town something out of the ordinary happened. Stories have been told that it was only a weather balloon, others tell of a crash of a flying saucer. What happened?

One thing for sure, we are not about to find out the truth. Our own government has made that abundantly clear. All of the materials found at the crash site and collected from people who had picked some up have been locked away somewhere that no one is going to see. And as for the bodies of the supposed aliens, they somehow disappeared as quickly as the other evidence. People in the area have been quieted.

That is most of them. A very few have decided to do what they can to keep the story of the crashed UFO alive. And although it started very small it has outgrown two former locations and is now housed in a former theater with the real possibility that a full city block will house the museum in the not too distant future. This one built to be more like a UFO! It is said that more than 150,000 tourists, skeptics, or believers each year make there way to Roswell just to see and experience as much as they can about the Roswell Incident.

We spent over an hour in the Museum and Research Center and enjoyed looking at the few items that are left. Newspaper accounts, affidavits, papers, drawings, pictures, and even a couple of Hollywood style “scenes”.

As one of the curious on-lookers who was staying temporary around the area, going to Roswell was on my to-see list.

Going to the UFO museum cleared one or two questions for me but i walked out with a dozen more confused questions...

I won't spoil sum of the secrets about the UFO museum however the place is soo popular their monthly calender that is posted is full of push-ins placed from visitors all over the world, surprisingly from the U.K.

Inside there are tons of pictures, photos, space 'junk', 'de-classified' documents pertaining to the weather balloon found in the 1950s that caused this UFO interest. Which all makes for good photos!

I remember that it is one level, interesting photography and full of stories, if it wasn't THE main attraction in town, i wouldnt recommend it Period..but for you SCI-FI junkies, this is your Smithsonian : )