: The military retracted the statement the following day, claiming the debris was actually from a standard weather balloon.
The "hieroglyphics" witnesses reported were likely geometric designs on floral-patterned tape from a toy manufacturer used to build the radar targets. Roswell
: Reports of recovered extraterrestrial bodies didn't emerge until the late 1970s. : The military retracted the statement the following
The "Roswell Incident" began in July 1947 when a rancher named W.W. "Mac" Brazel discovered unusual debris on his property near Corona, New Mexico. Roswell
This was a top-secret program using high-altitude balloons to detect sound waves from Soviet nuclear tests.
: In the 1990s, declassified reports revealed the debris was part of Project Mogul .