Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell is a city located in Chaves County in the US state of New Mexico. Located in the southwestern quarter of the state, it's land area is 29.0 sq mi with only 0.04 sq mi of water, making the city an extremely arid temperate zone.

Although Roswell is a center for numerous trades such as cattle ranching, irrigation farming and petroleum production, it is best known however as the site of the infamous 1947 UFO incident in which many witnesses believe that a vessel of unidentifiable, possibly even extraterrestrial origin, crash-landed in the summer of that year, leaving behind a field of debris and, according to some sources, alien corpses. The official government stance on the incident is that the debris field was created by a downed experimental high-altitude weather balloon. UFO proponents however, believe that the United States government and the US military apparatus created a cover-up to obfuscate the true nature of the crash. Hundreds of books have been written on the subject, giving rise to one of the most popular and enduring government conspiracy theories of all time. Many films have been produced speculating on the true nature of the Roswell incident and elements of the Roswell UFO crash have also been incorporated into various television programs including The X-Files and Dark Skies. A television series, aptly named Roswell was produced between 1999 and 2002 and aired for three seasons on the WB Network and later UPN.

Points of Interest

 * Crashdown Café

TV shows that take place in

 * Roswell

Notes & Trivia

 * Not to be confused with Roswell, Georgia.