Ride New Mexico: UFOs aren't the only three-letter rides near Roswell.(ON THE TRAIL)(unidentified flying object) From: ATV Magazine | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Rolland, Mark A. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Ehlert Publishing Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

It was a night of intense thunderstorms and a fed-up sheep rancher named Mac Brazel that quickly made the small, and once obscure, city named Roswell, N.M., famous. It's a story of a potential government cover-up, an unidentified flying object and rumored aliens that turned Roswell into the countries' news epicenter in July 1947.

Brazel, who was living near Corona, N.M., reported that something large had fallen from the sky, leaving his quiet meadow in disarray. The auth...