The incident at Roswell has sparked conspiracies and distrust towards the government and intrigue in the population. Debates have spawned from the Roswell incident as to whether or not aliens exist, with either side giving information that they find proves if aliens are real. The problem that steams from this though, is the circular reasoning of no evidence does not necessarily disprove or prove anything. Summed up as the idea that the evidence does not disprove the theory, but it also does not prove it. Throughout the chapter, Goldberg describes the results of Roswell, from the responses from the government and the community. The government would avoid the questions posed by those who are interested and claim that the incident was not a case of extraterrestrial interference. People claimed to be silenced by threats or appeals to nationalism. The overall result from the incident at Roswell, New Mexico was distrust and the idea that the truth was somewhere out there. …show more content…
In 1947, reports that debris found in New Mexico may not have been from this world, but from places elsewhere. This was a flashpoint that would cause a craze for the widespread belief that aliens existed and have tries to make contact. The government came in to investigate and closed down the debris field. They originally claimed that the debris was from a weather balloon that crashed. Various people have been interviewed and admitted to handling a material that looked like aluminum foil, but when distorted would return to its original shape. Stories like this and a few pictures of people in front of the debris have called the government’s official story into question. Reports like these lead people to question the official story and the government as a