# Smithsonian Magazine 2017: In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left

> Smithsonian Magazine, 2017. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The 1947 dates and the museum view.

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# In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left

Smithsonian Magazine, 2017. _Smithsonian Magazine_.

A seventieth-anniversary account (July 2017) of the 1947 sequence (14 June find, 4 July gathering, 7 July to the sheriff, the 8 July headline, the War Department correction), Project Mogul's 657-foot balloon trains, and the story's growth, with Roger Launius of the National Air and Space Museum.

**Roswell, 1947** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The 1947 dates and the museum view.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Each generation of researchers and witnesses added elements, with memory, suggestion, the 1950s saucer…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS518YC609H/each-generation-of-researchers-and-witnesses-added-elements)

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[Brazel finds debris on the Foster ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS50YY22QZ4/brazel-finds-debris-on-the-foster-ranch)

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[Brazel takes the debris to Sheriff Wilcox; Marcel is sent to the ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS50Z5W5HPW/brazel-takes-the-debris-to-sheriff-wilcox-marcel-is-sent-to)

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[William W. 'Mac' Brazel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/people/FIG0CS50W0A08VC/william-w-mac-brazel)

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[Roswell, 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell)

The mystery article

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[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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Smithsonian Magazine (2017). In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1947-high-altitude-balloon-crash-landed-roswell-aliens-never-left-180963917/
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