Medal - 50th Anniversary of Roswell, New Mexico UFO Incident 1997 front Medal - 50th Anniversary of Roswell, New Mexico UFO Incident 1997 back
Medal - 50th Anniversary of Roswell, New Mexico UFO Incident 1997 photo
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Medal - 50th Anniversary of Roswell, New Mexico UFO Incident

1997 year
Silver (.999) 15.55 g -
Description
Location
United States
Period
Federal republic (1776-date)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1997
Composition
Silver (.999)
Weight
15.55 g
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#369763
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

A depiction of a planet with an outer ring

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UFO
999 FINE SILVER

Comment

The "Roswell incident", or simply "Roswell", was the July 1947 recovery of metallic and rubber debris from a military balloon by Roswell Army Air Field personnel, who issued a press release claiming possession of a "flying disc". Decades later, conspiracy theories claimed that debris from an alien spaceship had been covered up by the government. In response, in 1994 the United States Air Force published a report concluding the crashed object was a top secret nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident