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The mythology of Roswell involving increasingly elaborate accounts of alien crash landings and government cover-ups has been analyzed and documented by social anthropologists and skeptics.[1] Anthropologists Susan Harding and Kathleen Stewart highlight the Roswell Story was a prime example of how a discourse moved from the fringes to the mainstream, aligning with the 1980s zeitgeist of public fascination with "conspiracy, cover-up and repression".[2] Skeptics Joe Nickell and James McGaha proposed that Roswell's time spent away from public attention allowed the development of a mythology drawing from later UFO folklore, and that the early debunking of the incident created space for ufologists to intentionally distort accounts towards sensationalism.[3]
Charles Ziegler argues that the Roswell story exhibits characteristics typical of traditional folk narratives. He identifies six distinct narratives and a process of transmission through storytellers, wherein a core story was formed from various witness accounts and then shaped and altered by those involved in the UFO community. Additional "witnesses" were sought to expand upon the core narrative, while accounts that did not align with the prevailing beliefs were discredited or excluded by the "gatekeepers".[4][5]
| Debris | Site | Bodies | |
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Found near Corona, New Mexico on Brazel's ranch | None |
| Aztec hoax[7] |
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Crashed near Aztec, New Mexico | 16 small humanoid alien corpses in crashed saucer |
| Roswell Incident (1980)[8] |
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Small humanoid alien corpses near San Agustin |
| MJ-12 hoax[9] |
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4 badly decomposed humanoid corpses near Roswell |
| UFO Crash at Roswell (1991)[10] |
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4 decomposed and partially eaten humanoid corpses near Roswell |
| Crash at Corona (1992)[11] |
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| The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (1994)[12] |
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References
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 1–198
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Harding-p273was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nickell & McGaha 2012, pp. 31–33
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, p. 1
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 34–37
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 4–6
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 13–14
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 16–17
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 18–19
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 20–21
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 22–24
- ^ Saler, Ziegler & Moore 1997, pp. 24–26
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