Around July 1, 1947, a New Mexico rancher found strange debris on his property. The military announced they'd recovered a \"flying disc.\" Then, within 24 hours, they changed the story to \"weather balloon\" and the incident faded — until it came roaring back thirty years later as the most famous UFO story in the world. This episode of Sidequests covers what Project Mogul actually was, why the military couldn't tell the truth in 1947, what the physics of interstellar travel actually suggest about alien visitation, and why the real question Roswell raises — are we alone in a universe this vast? — is far more interesting than anything that may or may not have crashed in southeastern New Mexico.
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