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Roswell (1994)

Roswell poster
Directed by
Jeremy Kagan
Genre
science fiction
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 62 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A television film based on the alleged 1947 Roswell UFO incident. It follows military and government figures as they handle the recovery of a crashed object and its alien crew, covering related events like Area 51 and alien autopsies.

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What happens

Roswell (also known as Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up) is a 1994 American television film based on a supposedly true story about the Roswell UFO incident, the alleged U.S. military capture of a flying saucer and its alien crew following a crash near the town of Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. Along with the Roswell crash, the film references prominent UFOlogy events such as Area 51, alien autopsies, the death of James Forrestal and Majestic-12. The script was based on the book UFO Crash at Roswell, by Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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