: The military retracted the statement the following day, claiming the debris was actually from a standard weather balloon.
The Air Force suggested these memories were likely "consolidated" versions of 1950s parachute dummy tests and actual military plane crashes. Roswell incident | Overview, Theories, Hoaxes, & Facts
The "Roswell Incident" began in July 1947 when a rancher named W.W. "Mac" Brazel discovered unusual debris on his property near Corona, New Mexico.
: In the 1990s, declassified reports revealed the debris was part of Project Mogul .