OpinionWritten by Stephen Bassett – 14 December 2022Five years to the month after the extraordinary events of July 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, President Harry Truman made a decision that would alter the course of the 20th century like no other. The premature press release from the Roswell Army Air Field, confirming the acquisition of a flying disk, had been corrected. The craft wreckage and non-human bodies were recovered and sequestered. By July of 1952 Roswell had faded into history, and the government was free to address the obvious national security and technology implications in deepest secrecy free of public nuisance. However, awareness of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) was growing, and that license was about to be revoked.Over the eighteen-day period from July 12 to July 29, 1952, sightings of lights and objects in the skies near and over Washington, D.C. poured into the authorities and the media. It was the most significant “UFO flap” of the 20th century and shattered the one-way mirror behind which the government could comfortably address the UFO/extraterrestrial problem.The reactions and actions of the President, the Pentagon, and the media were well chronicled. What mainstream historians and journalist are still not able or willing to…
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