Are flying saucers real?

From: Boys' Life | Date: April 1, 1996| Author: Gaffney, Timothy R | Copyright information

IN July 1947, something crashed on a ranch near Roswell, N.M. It left a trail of flimsy-looking wreckage. Officers from nearby Roswell Army Air Field collected the pieces.

Within days, newspapers printed startling news: The Army was investigating flying saucers.

For the previous month, word of flying saucers had come from all over the United States. People reported seeing strange, silvery objects that would hover, then dart off at blazing speeds.

Military people called th...

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