The mysterious flying object that crashed in New Mexico, USA, 64 years ago may have been a Soviet spy plane, not an alien flying saucer.
Annie Jacobson, an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times magazine, has just published a book about many American military secrets, including the 1947 UFO incident that caused a stir in world public opinion.
Jacobson’s book is called AREA 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top-Secret Military Base.
Area 51 is the name of a military base in the southern state of Nevada, United States, about 130 km from the city of Las Vegas. The center of the base is a large military airport. The US military built this base to test new aircraft and weapons.
To write the book, Jacobson interviewed dozens of people who worked at Area 51, including many pilots, scientists and engineers. Among their stories, Jacobson found much remarkable information about the UFO incident that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, 64 years ago.
The book claims that the strange object was actually just a Soviet-made spy plane. The pilots flying the plane were just teenagers. Jacobson did not give a reason for the plane crash.
In July 1947, an unidentified object (UFO) crashed near the town of Roswell, New Mexico, United States. Photographs taken after the crash showed that it was a disc-shaped object. The US government explained that the object that fell was a weather balloon. However, because US officials did not release complete information, the world’s media and public opinion speculated that a flying saucer carrying aliens crashed near Roswell.
A memo released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) suggested that the “1947 Roswell flying saucer incident” might be true. The memo was written by Guy Hottel, head of the FBI’s Washington office, in 1950. It was then sent to the FBI director.
In addition to the “flying saucer crash” near Roswell, Jacobson’s book also helps readers better understand many secret programs of the U.S. military over the past century, such as the construction of the U-2 unmanned spy plane, the F-117 stealth bomber, and the training of cats and pigeons to be spies.
