The year was 1997 and some 40,000 tourists and reporters descended upon the desert town of Roswell, New Mexico, where 50 years earlier a flying saucer is said to have crashed. Even today, UFOs and "Little Green Men" remain Roswell's top tourist draw. This book takes a fresh new look at the Roswell Incident from an "insider's perspective " - that of lifelong Roswell resident John LeMay, a historian and author born and raised in the Alien Capital of the World. His childhood being filled with tales of flying saucers and alien autopsies, John grew up knowing several key Roswell eyewitnesses, including Robert Shirkey, who said he saw UFO debris being loaded onto a B-29 bomber at the Roswell Army Air Field in 1947. In the first part of this remarkable new book, John's keen insight and marvelous sense of humor deliver a fresh new angle on the story of the Roswell UFO crash and on some of Roswell's other, lesser-known mysteries, such as the "alien ghost" that haunts the former New Mexico Rehabilitation Center; the "Second" Roswell UFO Crash of 1949; Bottomless Lakes where cars sink into the depths and monsters emerge to the surface; and The Headless Horsewoman of Lover's Lane, a Victorian Era Spook with an axe to grind against young lovers. Roswell is by no means the only town to use strange events and bizarre creatures to draw tourism dollars. Nor was it the first. In the second part of John's book, he takes us on a tour of other towns all over the U.S. that celebrate weirdness - like Churubusco, Indiana, where a giant turtle transformed the town into "Turtletown, USA." There is also Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where a moth-like humanoid has inspired an Annual Mothman Festival and a year-round Mothman Museum. Take a dip in the White River Monster Reservoir in Jacksonport, Arkansas, and visit an alien's grave in Aurora, Texas. Cruise along the E.T. Highway near Rachel, Nevada, and have your picture taken with Bigfoot in Fouke, Arkansas.

When you first saw this book, you probably assumed it was fiction, right? Wrong As it turns out, America's Old West cowboys did encounter UFOs and also creatures that they believed were "aliens." This happened not in comic books and films but in real life. In this book, you will read actual eyewitness accounts describing strange objects seen in the skies, and, in some cases, the even stranger occupants of those UFOs Did you know that many years before the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell New Mexico, another weird object fell out of the sky in Aurora, Texas, in 1897? The citizens of Aurora said the dead pilot was "not of this world," and they buried him in the local cemetery, where he may still remain today. You will also learn about the flying alien monster of Crawfordsville, Indiana; the "underwater UFO" that electrocuted two men near Tacoma, Washington; a Bigfoot creature the local Native Americans said came to earth in a "small moon;" a UFO that exploded over a Texas cotton gin; and many other bizarre UFO encounters of the Old West

On July 7, 1948, U.S. military aircraft chased a fast-moving, 90-foot-diameter silver disc across Texas before watching it crash about 30 miles south-southwest of Laredo, Texas. A military retrieval team reportedly recovered the UFO and the body of its non-human occupant from the impact site. Known as the "Laredo UFO Crash," this case occurred almost exactly one year after the famous Roswell UFO Incident and holds much of the same mystery and intrigue. For the first time ever, this book presents all of the evidence regarding this hotly-debated UFO case. Author Noe Torres has appeared on the History Channel's "UFO Hunters," George Noory's "Coast to Coast AM," the Jeff Rense Program, and many other shows. His previous books include the widely-acclaimed "The Real Cowboys & Aliens: UFO Encounters of the Old West," "Ultimate Guide to the Roswell UFO Crash," and "Mexico's Roswell." He is currently director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in South Texas.

Existe hoy en Roswell, Nuevo Mexico, evidencia del misterioso desplome de un platillo volador a partir del julio de 1947? Permita que este libro sea su guia a visitar todos los sitios en Roswell y sus alrededores que estan implicados en el famoso "incidente de Roswell." Usted mismo vera las senales ocultadas del increible dia cuando un objeto volador de otro mundo cayo del cielo en el desierto al norte de Roswell, cambiando por siempre el curso de la historia humana. Por primera vez, cada sitio relacionado con el desplome del OVNI se explorara cuidadosamente a traves de entrevistas con testigos, de fotografias, y de mapas. La historia asombrosa del estrellamiento de un platillo volador cerca de Roswell finalmente es revelada en forma de una exanimacion cercana de todos los lugares del caso. Siga el rastro de la historia mas fascinadora del mundo y camine a los mismos lugares en donde se desarrollaron los acontecimientos misteriosos de 1947.