We went to the UFO museum in Roswell, New Mexico, which is a small warehouse with cubicles lined with blow-ups of old newspaper articles. A couple of things I learned:
1) In 1947, a UFO crashed outside of Roswell, littering a ranch with strange metallic debris and alien corpses.
2) The US government then conducted an extensive coverup, claiming it was a high-altitude surveillance balloon.
3) There are actually people who believe the first two statements.
We wrapped up our space-themed day with a visit to the McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis, Texas. We booked tickets for the late night star observation activity, however, it was cloudy and rainy. It is apparently monsoon season in this part of the country, which was surprising because neither Lester or myself thought that there was generally much rain in the southwest.
Wow, the fun continues. Aliens, I am sure they are out there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you'll update your blog with the rest of your trip. You've left us wondering if you escaped the influence of Roswell.
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