Stanton Terry Friedman (1934-2019), US nuclear physicist and author of books examining the UFO incident near Roswell, New Mexico, USA. He wrote and lectured on UFOs. The Roswell incident started on 2 July 1947 when UFO sightings were reported during a thunderstorm. Next morning a rancher, Mac Brazel, discovered strange wreckage in a field. When the impact site was located, a UFO craft and alien bodies were allegedly found. On 8 July 1947, the Roswell Daily Record announced the capture of a flying saucer. The official statement was that a weather balloon had crashed. Conspiracy theorists believe that the true events were kept secret. There is now a tourist industry in Roswell, which includes the International UFO Museum and Research Center, and an annual UFO festival. Photographed in 1997.