User:Feoffer/sandbox mythogenesis of roswell

Mythogenesis of Roswell

Historical

 * Brazel finds
 * Marcel and Sheridan collect debris from Ranch
 * Parchment-like material with stick-like beams and purple symbols
 * Marcel reports unidentified debris to superiors
 * Debris sent to higher headquarters
 * Ramey repudiates Roswell press release
 * Alamogordo stages balloon demonstration for press to divert attention from [Mogul debris found near] Roswell

Historical Distorted

 * Brazel finds spaceship debris
 * Brazel reports spaceship debris to Wilcox
 * Ramey makes radio announcement of weather balloon
 * Cover story is widely accepted

Previous crash stories

 * Small humanoid alien bodies
 * Alien writing
 * Super-strong lightweight metal sheets
 * Coverup to prevent a panic

Beliefs within UFO lore predating Roswell

 * Alien spaceships perform impossible maneuvers
 * Alien spaceships drawn to atomic or rocket research
 * Government policy is to deny UFOs exist
 * UFO secrets would change everything

New to The Roswell Incident (1980), Version 1

 * Alien spaceship swooped over Roswell
 * White Sands tracks alien spaceship in flight
 * Alien spaceship hit by lighting led to Brazel debris
 * Alien spaceship crashed on Plains of San Agustin
 * White Sands orders search for downed craft (V-1)
 * Barnett, archaeologists, and military find San Agustin crash
 * Military orders civilian silence
 * Military takes wreckage and bodies
 * Sledgehammer could not dent debris
 * Coverup for National Security
 * Imported elements
 * Alien spaceships drawn to the sites of atomic and rocket research near Alamogordo (B)
 * 4 foot tall humanoid aliens (P)
 * Brazel finds spaceship debris (HD)
 * Marcel and Sheridan collect debris from Ranch (H)
 * Parchment-like material with stick-like beams and purple symbols (H)
 * Super-strong lightweight metal sheets (P)
 * Alien writing or hieroglyphics (P)
 * Marcel reports unidentified debris to superiors (H)
 * Ramey makes radio announcement of weather balloon (HD)
 * Cover story is widely accepted (HD)
 * Government policy is to deny the reality of UFO (B)
 * Coverup to prevent a panic (P)

New to MJ-12 Hoax documents (1988), Version 2

 * Flying saucer malfunction causes it to explode over Brazel ranch
 * Aerial reconnaissance discovered bodies 2 miles east of Brazel ranch
 * Pilots had ejected before explosion
 * Bodies decomposed from exposure and predators
 * Propulsion unit destroyed in explosion
 * Short-range reconnaissance craft
 * Imported elements
 * Brazel finds spaceship debris (HD)
 * 4 foot tall humanoid aliens (P)
 * Alien writing or hieroglyphics (P)
 * Coverup to prevent a panic (P)
 * Coverup for National Security (V-1)
 * Cover story is widely accepted (HD)
 * Note:  NO MENTION of Super-strong lightweight metal sheets

New to UFO Crash at Roswell (1991), Version 3

 * Malfunction causes spaceship to touchdown on Brazel ranch, turning sand to glass
 * Craft left gouge at ranch
 * Craft regained flight and crashed a few miles away
 * Craft discovered against a ridge
 * Military threatens civilians into silence
 * Bodies and wreckage taken to hospital at Roswell Army Air Field where civilian witness is ejected by Military Police.
 * Military coached Brazel on cover story of lies
 * Debris was swapped out for "fake" wreckage


 * Imported elements
 * Alien spaceship swooped over Roswell (V-1)
 * Alien writing or hieroglyphics (P)
 * Super-strong lightweight metal sheets (P)
 * Aerial Recon finds bodies found 2mi southeast of Brazel ranch (V-2)
 * Barnett and archaeologists find bodies (V-1)
 * Bodies exposed to elements and predators (V-2)
 * Military orders civilian silence (V-1)
 * 4 foot tall humanoid aliens (P)
 * Military takes wreckage and bodies (V-1)
 * Wreckage sent to multiple locations (V-2)
 * Ramey makes radio broadcast about weather balloon (HD)
 * Government policy is to deny the reality of UFO (B)
 * Coverup for National Security (V-1)
 * The UFO knowledge being hidden would have profound ramifications on our way of viewing the universe (B)

New to Crash at Corona (1992), Version 4

 * Main portion of a crashed saucer discovered a mile away from bodies near Brazel ranch
 * Redheaded colonel at Roswell base hospital threatens civilian witness
 * A second saucer is discovered 150 miles away at San Agustin
 * Gerald Anderson and family join Barnett at San Agustin
 * One alien at San Agustin survives crash
 * San Agustin witnesses threatened into silence by black sergeant and redheaded captain.
 * Imported elements
 * Alien spaceships drawn to the sites of atomic and rocket research near Alamogordo (B)
 * Malfunction causes spaceship to touchdown on Brazel ranch, turning sand to glass (V-3)
 * Flying saucer malfunction causes it to explode over Brazel ranch (V-2)
 * Alien writing or hieroglyphics (P)
 * Super-strong lightweight metal sheets (P)
 * Aerial Recon finds bodies found 2mi southeast of Brazel ranch (V-2)
 * Occupants ejected (V-2)
 * 4 foot tall humanoid aliens (P)
 * Military takes wreckage and bodies (V-1)
 * Bodies taken to base hospital and seen by civilian who's ejected by military policy (V-3)
 * Barnett and archaeologists find crashed saucer at San Agustin (V-1)
 * Military orders civilian silence (V-1)
 * Wreckage sent to multiple locations (V-2)
 * Military coached Brazel on cover story of lies (V-3)
 * Debris was swapped out for "fake" wreckage (V-3)
 * Government policy is to deny the reality of UFO (B)
 * Coverup for National Security (V-1)
 * The UFO knowledge being hidden would have profound ramifications on our way of viewing the universe (B)

New to The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (1994), Version 5

 * Malfunction occurred on July 4
 * Craft crashed into base of a cliff 35 miles north of Roswell
 * Radar at White Sands was monitoring the spaceship on July 4
 * Alien spaceship was "narrow with bat-like wings"
 * An archaeologist calls Wilcox
 * Civilians threatened with death
 * Civilian at Roswell base hospital is threatened by black sergeant and redheaded captain
 * Wilcox notifies Marcel of second wreckage site
 * Imported elements
 * Alien spaceships drawn to the sites of atomic and rocket research near Alamogordo (B)
 * White Sands tracks alien spaceship in flight (V-1)
 * Alien spaceships are capable of high speed maneuvers impossible for human aircraft (B)
 * Alien spaceship swooped over Roswell (V-1)
 * Malfunction causes spaceship to touchdown on Brazel ranch, turning sand to glass (V-3)
 * Craft left gouge at ranch (V-3)
 * Touched left material from hull (V-3)
 * White Sands orders search for downed craft (V-1)
 * Archaeologists find crashed saucer at San Agustin (V-1)
 * Four alien bodies (V-2)
 * One alien still alive (V-4)
 * 4 foot tall humanoid aliens (P)
 * Military takes wreckage and bodies (V-1)
 * Bodies taken to base hospital and seen by civilian who's ejected by military policy (V-3)
 * Military orders civilian witness at base hospital to silence (V-4)
 * Super-strong lightweight metal sheets (P)
 * Aerial survey (V-2)
 * Military expunges all trace of crash (V-1)
 * Wreckage sent to multiple locations (V-2)
 * Military coached Brazel on cover story of lies (V-3)
 * Debris was swapped out for "fake" wreckage (V-3)
 * Government policy is to deny the reality of UFO (B)

New to Roswell in Perspective(1994), Version 6

 * Spaceship malfunction or had catastrophic encounter with a Mogul balloon.
 * Main portion of the spacecraft struck the ground away from debris site on Brazel ranch
 * Brazel ranch debris site was from a Mogul balloon
 * Some spaceship debris may have been found found mixed with Mogul debris
 * Spaceship and three bodies discovered, perhaps accidentally
 * Discovery of bodies and spaceship triggers cover story
 * Tied in well with the MOGUL cover-up
 * Cover ups of Mogul and UFO represent "excesses committed in the name of national security"