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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Jul 10, 2023, 11:55 AM Jul 2023

On July 8, 1947, this was the front page of the Roswell Daily Record:

Fri Jul 8, 2022: On this day, July 8, 1947, this was the front page of the Roswell Daily Record:

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• 1947 – Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Force personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

Wed Jul 8, 2020: Roswell was this week 1947:

Roswell was this week 1947:



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