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===Roswell 1947===
===Roswell 1947===
The Roswell crash of 1947 was near the Trinity Test Site of the first explosion of an [[atomic bomb]] in July 1945. At the time of early tests, and usage in combat of atomic weapons, atmospheric contamination from an atomic explosion was unknown and only theorized or speculated.
The Roswell crash of 1947 was near the Trinity Test Site of the first explosion of an [[atomic bomb]] in July 1945. At the time of early tests, and usage in combat of atomic weapons, atmospheric contamination was unknown and only theorized or speculated.
The balloon that crashed in Roswell two years after the first atomic test contained a Geiger counter to detect lingering atmospheric contamination arising from the ground beneath. The development of nuclear weapons in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s was viewed in a positive light by government, media, and the public. Scares related to atmospheric contamination, and radioactive particles falling back to earth in rainstorms, contaminating soil and enter the food chain were played down. So the myth of extraterrestrial life was encouraged by the U.S. government to divert public attention away from the government's chief priority of developing nuclear weapons, and the danger of above ground nuclear testing.
The balloon that crashed in Roswell two years after the first atomic test contained a Geiger counter to detect lingering atmospheric contamination arising from the ground beneath. The development of nuclear weapons in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s was viewed in a positive light by government, media, and the public. Scares related to atmospheric contamination, and radioactive particles falling back to earth in rainstorms, contaminating soil and enter the food chain were played down. So the myth of extraterrestrial life was encouraged by the U.S. government to divert public attention away from the government's chief priority of developing nuclear weapons, and the danger of above ground nuclear testing.