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scene of the actual crash site. He says, “I realized it wasn’t a plane at all, but some sort of metallic, disc-shaped object about 25 or 30 feet across ... It was not all that big. It seemed to be made of metal that looked like dirty stainless steel. The machine had been split open by explosion or impact. I tried to get close to see what the bodies were like . . . They were like humans, but they were not humans. The heads Figure 5.1 The United States Air Force has consistently denied that a UFO crashed outside of Roswell, New Mexico. Here USAF officer Irving Newton poses for reporters with the alleged wreckage from Roswell, which, according to the Air Force, is actually from a weather balloon. Firsthand witnesses, however, claim that the real alien materials were covered up. The controversy continues today. (Mary Evans Picture Library) UFO Crashes 85