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© mickfinn (CC BY-NC)
Medal - 50th Anniversary of Roswell, New Mexico UFO Incident
1997 year| Copper | 14.174 g | - |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Period | Federal republic (1776-date) |
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1997 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 14.174 g |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#369771 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
A depiction of a planet with an outer ring
Script: Latin
Lettering: UFO
Edge
Plain
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
