Here’s what Charles Fort, who died in 1932, had to say about everybody’s favourite UFO encounter:
In the summer of 1947, something fell from the sky near Roswell, New Mexico. Something that was not a weather balloon, nor a missile, nor a plane. Something that was round and shiny and had strange markings on it. Something that had occupants inside, who were not human, nor animal, nor plant. Something that was quickly recovered by the military, who denied its existence and covered up its traces. Something that was seen by many witnesses, who were silenced or ridiculed or threatened. Something that was leaked to the press, who were censored or bribed or deceived.
Something that was not of this world.
But what was it? We do not know.
We have only rumours and speculations and
