The 10 Craziest Conspiracy Theories That People Actually Believe

No. 8: Roswell

Roswell N.M. gave birth not only to a great conspiracy theory, but also to countless sci-fi movies and TV shows. The event took place during July, 1947, when the Roswell Army Air Field stated that they had recovered a crashed “flying disc” from a ranch nearby. The military stated in a press conference that the object found was in fact a weather balloon, and produced debris from the balloon. Yet this explanation left many unsatisfied, including nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman. It wasn’t until 1995 that the military agency filed a report announcing that the weather balloon recovered was actually a high-altitude balloon that was intended to detect bomb waves from atomic bomb and ballistic missile tests. Despite the numerous attempts to turn the page on this event, many UFO proponents hold that the whole Roswell event was a governmental cover-up.