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Front page of "Roswell Daily Record," July 8, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page {in 2020}• 1947 – Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Force personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.
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Mon Jul 8, 2024: Front page of "Roswell Daily Record," July 8, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region"
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