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-Short Attention Span Theater-
N.M. gov wants to reopen Roswell UFO investigation
2004-08-17
Ten years after the U.S. Air Force closed its books on the claim that a UFO crashed in Roswell, N.M., in 1947, a top Democratic Party figure wants to reopen the investigation into the cosmic legend.
New democratic party slogan: "Green cards for little green men"
Despite denials by federal officials, many UFO buffs cherish the notion that in early summer of 1947, a flying saucer crashed in rural Roswell, scattering alien bodies and saucer debris.
"Bush lied, Aliens died!"
Now Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who chaired the recent Democratic convention in Boston, says in his foreword to a new book, The Roswell Dig Diaries, that ''the mystery surrounding this crash has never been adequately explained -- not by independent investigators, and not by the U.S. government."
Paging Agent Mulder.
Posted by:Steve

#13  "I smell a tourism opportunity" - Bill Richardson
Posted by: Pappy   2004-08-17 10:12:49 PM  

#12  Robert Goddard the father of American rocketry had a ranch outside of Roswell. He moved there in 1930 with his wife and four assistants so they'd have enough room for their experiments. Goddard died in 1945. Roswell incident was 1947.

Connecting the dots I get the impression the assitants tried to continue his work, with less success, and the military covered it up, and he freaks made up their own stories, and the military shrugged and let them think it was about aliens and not the quest to have intercontinental ballistic missiles cable of striking the Soviet Union.
Posted by: Yank   2004-08-17 8:33:07 PM  

#11  Might be hiding another Kerry hair stylist in the hangar.
Posted by: Capt America   2004-08-17 8:07:48 PM  

#10  And just when I think I've figured out a way to sort-of test Corso's claims on the crash.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-08-17 3:51:51 PM  

#9  The NM governor wants to reopen the Roswell investigation. Hmmm, I think the smell of pork is wafting over from the hunger strike thread.
Posted by: BH   2004-08-17 2:20:55 PM  

#8  It might also explain Dennis Kucinich.
Posted by: Mike   2004-08-17 2:16:57 PM  

#7  I just love a good conspiracy theory:

A possible explanation ...

On July 8, 1947, witnesses claim that a spaceship with five aliens aboard crashed at a sheep and cattle ranch just outside of Roswell, an incident that was reportedly covered up by the military.

On March 31, 1948, nine months after that day, Al Gore was born. That clears up a lot of things....

By all means, reopen the investigation!
Posted by: Raj   2004-08-17 1:26:02 PM  

#6  Looking for some Zoomie Tourist dollars, eh Bill? Setting yourself up a Schwa Concession outside the Roswell Public Library?
Posted by: mojo   2004-08-17 12:35:42 PM  

#5  plenty of aliens, Bill... illegal ones....wanna do domething about that?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-17 12:33:23 PM  

#4  Note to Bill we got aliens,can we kill Islammonazi's now.
Posted by: djohn66   2004-08-17 12:27:12 PM  

#3  Bush lied, E.T. died!
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-17 11:20:22 AM  

#2  Jeez, Bill. You're at the DNC, you're writing UFO books, you're on every friggin talk show known to man. Think you might have time one of these days to, oh, I don't know, govern New Mexico maybe?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-17 11:19:29 AM  

#1  Richardson always has been a little "spacey".
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-17 11:18:45 AM  

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