# Canonical recap data for Roswell Incident (1947)
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slug: roswell-incident
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1947/roswell-incident"
title: Roswell Incident
subtitle: The alleged recovery of an unidentified object near Roswell, New Mexico sparked decades of UFO speculation and became a cornerstone of alien mythology.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1947-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1947
decade: 1940
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Roswell Incident is a 1980 book by Charles Berlitz and William Moore. The book helped to popularize stories of unusual debris recovered in 1947 by personnel of the Roswell Army Air Field.
summaryLong: The Roswell Incident is a 1980 book by Charles Berlitz and William Moore. The book helped to popularize stories of unusual debris recovered in 1947 by personnel of the Roswell Army Air Field.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Roswell_Daily_Record._July_8%2C_1947._RAAF_Captures_Flying_Saucer_On_Ranch_in_Roswell_Region._Top_of_front_page.jpg/1280px-Roswell_Daily_Record._July_8%2C_1947._RAAF_Captures_Flying_Saucer_On_Ranch_in_Roswell_Region._Top_of_front_page.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Roswell incident"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roswell_Incident_(1980_book)"
  title: The Roswell Incident (1980 book)
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: The Roswell Incident is a 1980 book by Charles Berlitz and William Moore. The book helped to popularize stories of unusual debris recovered in 1947 by personnel
wikidataQid: Q120281447
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260310170702/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roswell_Incident_(1980_book)"
  capturedAt: 2026-03-10
  label: The Roswell Incident (1980 book)
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roswell_Incident_(1980_book)"
