# The story was known locally from 1947 and suppressed until witnesses felt free to speak.

> Disputed: The story was known locally from 1947 and suppressed until witnesses felt free to speak.

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Answer · Roswell, 1947

# The story was known locally from 1947 and suppressed until witnesses felt free to speak.

The story was known locally from 1947 and suppressed until witnesses felt free to speak.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Private letters or diaries of 1947 to 1977 mention the craft or bodies.

## What would rule it out

- No such private record exists and the early witnesses say the opposite.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[No pre-1978 document or statement of a craft or bodies has been produced in forty-five years of searching.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS519NT4GMB/no-pre-1978-document-or-statement-of-a-craft-or-bodies-has)

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AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[How did a one-day balloon story become the Roswell legend?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/questions/QST0CS513AP19A3/how-did-a-one-day-balloon-story-become-the-roswell-legend)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The story was known locally from 1947 and suppressed until witnesses felt free to speak. [Answer ANS0CS519E050XG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CS519E050XG
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