Roswell, NM Visit

No visit to Roswell, NM is complete without a stop at the UFO museum downtown. They have exibits of all of the history of the UFO pheonenom as it relates to Roswell also much from around the world. There is a complete library located in the museum so that you can use to research the subject.







Here Barbara is examining a fibreglass horse that has a number of newspaper items regarding UFOs laminated to its exterior! There are many exibits located all around the museum.










This is a wooden replica of a stone tablet found in Mexico that was of Mayan origination. It has enthralled many UFOers for many years. They see it as a representation of an alien spaceman controlling a spacecraft.















If you click on this photo you will get a better view of what they say is the explanation for the symbols on the above slab.
















Here is a photo of the exibit showing a representation of the supposed examination of an alien by the military in a Roswell Army Airfield Hanger in 1947.










All in all we were impressed with Roswell in general. It was a military town until the late sixties when the Walker Air Force Base closed. This caused a drop in population of about 50 percent! Since then they have battled back and seem to be reasonably prosperous. The current population is around 50,000 people.

During World War II the Roswell Army Airfield was the place where they trained with B-29s and the ones that dropped the Atom Bomb trained here before heading to the Pacific.

The New Mexico Military Institute, a 4 year high school and two year college combined, is a beautiful campus and has a huge presence in the city. Some of the more memorable graduates of this institution are Conrad Hilton, Roger Staubach and Sam Donaldson.

There are all of the modern shopping opportunities available here. Most of the chains have representation here, such as McDonalds, Appelbees, Chili's, Sams Club, Walmart, Super Kmart, etc.