Roswell: New UFO Era, No New Answers
75 Years Later, There Is No Smoking Gun
For the first time since COVID, I road tripped in July 2022 to Roswell, New Mexico, for the 75th anniversary of the controversial 1947 “flying saucer” crash that ignited the modern UFO era. The debate still rages on between whether the incident was a recovery of an extraterrestrial craft and its three diminutive inhabitants vs. a high-altitude surveillance balloon meant to spy on the Russians.
I’ve been coming to Roswell nearly every year since 2008, having the privilege of accompanying my mother, Yvonne Smith, UFO abduction hypnotherapist and veteran in the field, who’s invited as a speaker every year. 2022 felt different than previous years.
The vibe was peculiar, and in a good way.
Since Roswell is an event that’s both a small town festival and a UFO conference, it’s always been unique in that the tourists come through the International UFO Museum and Research Center to gawk at the speakers at their tables, splaying their esoteric books and passionately rapping about their recent case files concerning strange things seen in the sky, government coverups, uplifting messages from our space brothers in the Pleiades, contact with otherwordly visitors, you get the gist. More of a freak show than a participatory exchange — exotic animals at the…
