Roswell, a real government cover up
That's one big balloon!
That's a lot of debris!
Middle of nowhere and
Project Mogul balloon
landing site.
When a Project Mogul balloon lands in the middle of nowhere, it's bound to confuse a few people, including the US Air Force. Even skeptics now agree the Roswell incident was a cover up conspiracy. But of what? Project Mogul was a top secret spy balloon program, and during the Cold War, a "UFO" was a great cover story. We can't know how often it was used. Many UFOs are now known to have been top secret aircraft being tested from the Groom Lake area (aka "Dreamland"). Even today this area is a favorite for UFO observers. But are the Unidentified Flying Objects from this world or outer space? How much the government encourages the outer space explaination to keep the focus off top secret airplane development is a subject of great debate.