A set of slides which are said to show off a humanoid alien found near Roswell in a crashed spacecraft in 1947 will be shown to a packed arena in Mexico today.

UFO enthusiasts have been awaiting the unveiling of the so-called ‘Roswell Slides’ for months – hoping to finally know the truth of the ‘Area 51’ crash.

Many UFO enthusiasts believe that the U.S. government found a crashed alien vehicle at the site in 1947.


The slides – on Kodachrome film – will be shown off by a team headed by Dr Edgar Mitchell, an astronaut who walked on the moon.

No images have been released in advance of the event – but the slides supposedly show the remains of a dead alien.



The slides were supposedly taken by Bernerd A. Ray, an oil exploration geologist who worked near Roswell in the 1940s.

UFO sites such as Inquisitr describe the ‘Roswell Slides’ images as a ‘smoking gun’ which proves that aliens exist – but others suggest they are a hoax.

The pictures were supposedly found in an envelope in an attic.

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Researcher Anthony Baraglia says, ‘What is depicted is really there, accurately reflected in the emulsion as an actual moment in time in 1947. Science has weighed in and has determined that these are real slides that are really from 1947.’

‘The Only Conclusion: This humanoid is not a deformed person, mummy, dummy, simian or dead serviceman.’

‘It is not a creature that finds its origin on Earth.

Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual, says that other ‘UFOlogists’ are more sceptical.

Previous images of ‘aliens’ from the Roswell crash have been shown to be fakes (Image YouTube)

Watson says, ‘There is already a considerable amount of cynicism and scepticism about thse pictures, epecally since we have been promised the real evidence for the Roswell crash in the past, and they have turned out to be fakes and hoaxes.

‘The so-called Alien Autopsy films of the recovered aliens from the crash, although very graphic, are now admitted to be re-enactments of the real film that got lost or destroyed. So that evidence is useless though still hotly debated in some quarters of ufology!

As for these latest pictures, well the sceptics are out in force. One of the major niggles is that they are not being shown until the 5 May at a UFO conference in Mexico. As one YouTube commenter puts it:

“I can see…they… are milking this thing for everything they can possibly get. While claiming you were vetting authenticity of the slides you were actually focused on the most important human aspect of this whole situation – The Bottom Line: swinging a Mexican conference with all the major UFO players, international live streaming pay per view, a documentary, a book, advanced booking at all major UFO symposiums, merchandising, mass multimedia platform, social networking, and don’t forget merchandising.

“Kodachrome t-shirts and alien sticker included with $350 one day conference entrance pre-order? Ka-ching. Well, at least you have your priorities in order.”



‘This continued speculation, reinforces the concept of the Roswellian Syndrome put forward by Joe Nickell and James McGaha. They note that there are five main stages to this myth making process:

The Incident. This is the event that initially triggers the crash retrieval rumours. Debunking. The recovered wreckage is quickly given a mundane explanation. Submergence. The story lingers in the fading memories and speculation of the local population. Mythologising. As time passes faulty memory, exaggeration and deliberate hoaxing comes into play. Re-emergence and Media Bandwagon Effect. The story resurfaces in the media and takes on a life of its own.

‘This process also plays out with other crash retrieval cases and UFO incidents. Roswell is only the tip of the iceberg, as there have been nearly 300 alleged flying saucer crashes throughout the world since 1947. Like the Roswell incident, they become more spectacular and mysterious as time passes.’