Exclusive: Soldier breaks 44 year silence over Roswell claiming 500 military men saw UFOs

Roswell UFO incident which took place in 1947 was witnessed by 500 members of military personnel. This shocking truth was revealed by a former soldier.

His report has been made to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), the world’s officially-recognised body for recording sightings.

The man, who must be at least in his 60s now, broke a 44-year silence over the incident by reporting it to MUFON.

In claims made last week he said the mysterious five hour-long event will haunt him until he dies.

The veteran said in July 1971 he was in the US Army Air Defence Unit, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, when they were sent on “military manouvres” in the New Mexico desert, west of Roswell.

Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since in July 1947 the military sensationally announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the desert nearby.

But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.

Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the “crashed craft”, which along with the wreckage were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.

The veteran behind the latest claims said it concerned events 24 years after the Roswell incident.

He said there were 500 personal on the operation in New Mexico when the unit had a nocturnal double UFO encounter.

He said: “The first object was spotted coming from the north and stopped.

“Another object approached from the west.

“For the next five hours, the objects made erratic moves remaining in a close area.”

He described them as circular, but that it was not possible to tell the size because the altitude was unclear.

He said: “At daylight we were ordered to a location in the desert for chow (food).

“The whole unit was discussing the UFOs.

“My unit had 500 plus soldiers, we were a vulcan/chaparral air defence unit and were trained to recognise all foreign and domestic air craft flying at that time.

“The UFOs remained visible until the sun became too bright.”

He did not explain why only now he came forward, but added: “This event will remain etched in my mind until I pass. Thanks for allowing me to share this experience.”

It has not been possible to confirm if he was a genuine veteran, but MUFON is investigating the case and has listed it as “unresolved”.

MUFON has 47 other Roswell sightings in its database, dating from 1953 to 2012.

Roswell has been the subject of many books by UFO investigators and remains at the heart of the alien believer community’s calls for disclosure, also holding an annual UFO festival.

But it has also been the subject of many hoaxes, or wrongly identified evidence.

These include in 1995 when fake video emerged of an alleged military autopsy being carried out on alien bodies found in the wreckage.

Last May thousands of believers attended a conference in Mexico which pledged to unveil photographic evidence of the Roswell aliens, only for the image to later be identified as a child mummy of a Native American.

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