EXACTLY 60 years ago, a light aircraft was flying over the Cascade Mountains in Washington State, at a height of around 3000m.
Suddenly, a brilliant flash of light illuminated the aircraft.
Visibility was good and as pilot Kenneth Arnold scanned the sky to find the source of the light, he saw a group of nine shiny metallic objects flying in formation.
He estimated their speed as being around 2600km/h - nearly three times faster than the top speed of any jet aircraft at the time.
Lieutenant Walter Haut was the public relations officer at the base in 1947 and was the man who issued the original and subsequent press releases after the crash on the orders of the base commander, Colonel William Blanchard.
Haut died last year but left a sworn affidavit to be opened only after his death.
Last week, the text was released and asserts that the weather balloon claim was a cover story and that the real object had been recovered by the military and stored in a hangar.
He described seeing not just the craft, but alien bodies.
The Roswell tale continues. Still, one may wonder why this person eschewed any claim to fame and fortune, choosing instead to leave a sworn affidavit to be opened only after his death. The talk shows would have paid him handsomely, proof be damned. Why would he swear out such a document?
There are eight rather innocuous words which, when placed together in a certain way, likely will scare the crap out of you.
"We're from the government. We're here to help."
