EP 18: It Was Obviously a Weather Balloon.

History Spelunkers

75 years ago something fell from the sky in New Mexico. Join us as we discuss the birth of the modern UFO era and place your bets on what the Government has said to explain away all evidence of extra terrestrial contact! Hint: read the title of this episode.

Shownotes:

• https://archive.org/details/1947RadioNews/1947-07-08-ABC-News-Roswell.mp3
• https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/answers-unclassified-ufo-report/story?id=78486423
• https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-reports-400-ufo-encounters-tells-congress-theyre-investigating-video/story?id=84753756
• https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
• https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099410910/ufo-hearing-congress-military-intelligence
• McMinnville Photos
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trent1_600dpi.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McMinnville_UFO_2.png
• Cover Photo: Jesse Marcel with Roswell wreckage- Public Domain via Wikimedia
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds
• X-files theme composed by Mark Snow
• Bill Clinton Speech-Christmas Tree Lighting in Belfast (1995) from William J. Clinton Presidential Library