# Wikipedia contributors 2026: Roswell incident

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# Roswell incident

Wikipedia contributors, 2026. _Wikipedia_.

Reference article with the 1947 press accounts (Roswell Daily Record 8 and 9 July, Fort Worth Star-Telegram), Brazel's quotation, the 10 July Alamogordo demonstration, Friedman's 1978 interview, the 1980 book, the Dennis, Kaufmann, MJ-12 and alien-autopsy episodes and their retractions, and Pflock's conclusion, each cited to Peebles, Klass, Goldberg, Saler and others.

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## What it's used for here

The 1947 press accounts and the later accounts' history; the cited works should replace it.

## Cited by on this site 29 records

[A craft of unknown origin, with the balloon a substituted cover.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS515H07FT6/a-craft-of-unknown-origin-with-the-balloon-a-substituted)

Answer

ANS

[Non-human bodies were recovered and concealed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS5186Y7KTT/non-human-bodies-were-recovered-and-concealed)

Answer

ANS

[The body accounts are inventions, encouraged by books, television and the local industry, with no real event…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS517FG7CCM/the-body-accounts-are-inventions-encouraged-by-books)

Answer

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[The story was known locally from 1947 and suppressed until witnesses felt free to speak.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/answers/ANS0CS519E050XG/the-story-was-known-locally-from-1947-and-suppressed-until)

Answer

ANS

[Roswell Daily Record, 8 July 1947, front page](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/artifacts/ART0CS51AWW3766/roswell-daily-record-8-july-1947-front-page)

ART

[Brazel described debris over about 200 yards, more than one target would leave.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS51596561H/brazel-described-debris-over-about-200-yards-more-than-one)

Evidence

EVD

[Brazel's 1947 description (rubber, foil, tape, sticks, about five pounds) matches a balloon train with…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS513TA1HRH/brazels-1947-description-rubber-foil-tape-sticks-about-five)

Evidence

EVD

[Dennis admitted inventing the nurse's name; Kaufmann's documents were forged; the autopsy film was staged;…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS517QA7VXR/dennis-admitted-inventing-the-nurses-name-kaufmanns)

Evidence

EVD

[Marcel 1978, the 1980 book, MJ-12 1984, Dennis 1989, Kaufmann and Anderson in the 1990s, the autopsy film…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS519662V32/marcel-1978-the-1980-book-mj-12-1984-dennis-1989-kaufmann)

Evidence

EVD

[Marcel said in 1978 that the material could not be burned or bent and that the Fort Worth balloon was a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS515RT7NFY/marcel-said-in-1978-that-the-material-could-not-be-burned-or)

Evidence

EVD

[Pflock and Randle, who promoted the case, concluded no bodies were recovered.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS517Z41G7K/pflock-and-randle-who-promoted-the-case-concluded-no-bodies)

Evidence

EVD

[The NYU records do not record where flight 4 came down.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/evidence/EVD0CS514HR319Y/the-nyu-records-do-not-record-where-flight-4-came-down)

Evidence

EVD

[Berlitz and Moore publish The Roswell Incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS510542VCE/berlitz-and-moore-publish-the-roswell-incident)

EVT

[Glenn Dennis gives his account of bodies and a nurse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS510MR5V4V/glenn-dennis-gives-his-account-of-bodies-and-a-nurse)

EVT

[Stanton Friedman interviews Jesse Marcel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS50ZXA1RZW/stanton-friedman-interviews-jesse-marcel)

EVT

[The MJ-12 documents arrive on undeveloped film](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS510CY1TVW/the-mj-12-documents-arrive-on-undeveloped-film)

EVT

[The Roswell Daily Record prints Brazel's account](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/events/EVT0CS50ZNG0TFP/the-roswell-daily-record-prints-brazels-account)

EVT

[Glenn Dennis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/people/FIG0CS50X7C4QDS/glenn-dennis)

FIG

[Jesse Marcel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/people/FIG0CS50W844FA7/jesse-marcel)

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[Stanton Friedman](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/people/FIG0CS50WZJ3TS7/stanton-friedman)

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[Walter Haut](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/people/FIG0CS50WFY62K5/walter-haut)

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

The mystery article

MYS

[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)

Question

QST

[Were bodies recovered in 1947?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/questions/QST0CS5132W4DZ7/were-bodies-recovered-in-1947)

Question

QST

[What was the debris Brazel found?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/questions/QST0CS512V264RP/what-was-the-debris-brazel-found)

Question

QST

[Glenn Dennis: Said the base hospital had asked him about child-sized caskets and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/accounts/WIT0CS512BE4ZBQ/glenn-dennis-said-the-base-hospital-had-asked-him-about)

WIT

[Jesse Marcel: Described a large debris field of material that could not be burned,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/accounts/WIT0CS5123M5J6S/jesse-marcel-described-a-large-debris-field-of-material-that)

WIT

[Jesse Marcel: Told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the wreckage was parts of a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/accounts/WIT0CS511VT5VRS/jesse-marcel-told-the-fort-worth-star-telegram-that-the)

WIT

[Mac Brazel: Found rubber strips, tinfoil, tough paper, tape and sticks scattered…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roswell/accounts/WIT0CS511M06DTN/mac-brazel-found-rubber-strips-tinfoil-tough-paper-tape-and)

WIT

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