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Although the book was widely discussed, it sparked additional conspiracy theories as well as a number of hoaxes.
Notably, documents surfaced in 1984 claiming secret notes regarding Majestic 12 (MJ-12), a covert operation launched by President Harry S. Truman to handle the Roswell incident.
However, the documents were later found to be fake, and no evidence was found to support the existence of MJ-12. This was followed by an alien autopsy film (1995), which allegedly showed an alien autopsy following the Roswell incident.
The 17-minute video was later declared a fraud by its director. Rather than ending the conspiracy theory, these hoaxes sparked increased interest in the incident and Roswell became synonymous with UFOs and aliens. Indeed, the incident has become a significant part of the city's economy.
In 1992, the International UFO Museum and Research Center opened in Roswell, and since 1996, the town has hosted an annual UFO festival. Ironically, Berlitz and Moore were right about one thing: the government's claim that a weather balloon crashed in Roswell was wrong.
In 1994, the Air Force admitted that the material found was actually from an American spy balloon. As part of the Mogul project, it was an attempt to track the expected nuclear tests by the Soviet Union. In 1997, the Air Force's final report - Roswell Report: Case Closed - confirmed the belief that stories of alien bodies may have come from civilian witnesses who saw a parachute and crash test dummies, a badly injured pilot, and burned bodies after the crash. aircraft in the 1950s.
The report suggested that the witnesses "combine" separate events in their memories - Project Mogul materials, crash test dummies, a pilot and charred bodies. However, for many supporters of the alien ship crash theory, these explanations were seen as part of the ongoing cover-up by the US government.
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