Jim Marrs

About the author: Jim Marrs, a journalist and UFO researcher, is author of Alien Agenda: Investigating the Extraterrestrial Presence Among Us.

A controversial object crashed close by Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. Debris found by a rancher was soon removed by U.S. military units. The U.S. government, which initially claimed that the discovered wreckage was a weather balloon, now argues that it was from a secret military balloon. However, the government's past record of lies and deceit casts doubt on its story. A more likely explanation, supported by many witnesses that have come forward, is that the U.S. military recovered debris from a crashed alien spaceship.

No UFO story has captured the imagination of the public as has the reported crash at Roswell, New Mexico. It remains...