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The Roswell Legacy

The Roswell Legacy

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 The series begins with the 1947 incident that launched modern UFO mythology. Ezra Wade examines how a week of confusion in the New Mexico desert, involving rancher Mac Brazel's discovery of strange debris and the military's contradictory press releases, created a template for understanding government secrecy and public mistrust. The episode reveals how the incident wasn't about aliens at all, but about classified Cold War technology (Project Mogul) and the collision between military necessity and democratic transparency. Wade analyzes how the gap between official explanations and witness testimony created space for conspiracy theories to flourish, establishing patterns that would repeat throughout UFO history. The episode demonstrates how institutional communication failures can have lasting cultural consequences, turning a classified balloon project into an enduring symbol of government cover-ups.

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