This article examines the Roswell Incident—an event that became the cornerstone of modern ufology and conspiracy theories about the US government concealing contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Based on analysis of historical documents, official US Air Force reports, and journalistic investigations, the true chronology of the July 1947 events and their subsequent mythologization is reconstructed. Particular attention is devoted to Project Mogul as the actual source of the debris found, the role of ufologists in creating the legend, and the transformation of a small New Mexico town into the epicenter of a global tourism industry built on belief in aliens.

Construction in the mountains

Space debris

Peaceful Space: Dreams and Reality

NEAR-EARTH ASTRONOMY

STONE TOWN NOT OF HUMAN MAKING

GETTING TO KNOW THE UNIVERSE

SILENT VISITORS FROM SPACE

SPACE TELESCOPES

CATASTROPHE IN GENALDON VALLEY

THE EARTH'S MOSAIC SURFACE

JUNK IN... SPACE

MODELING SOLAR FLARES

WARDING OFF A COSMIC ARMAGEDDON