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Jennifer Emerling

Two humans and their backseat stowaway drive to Roswell, New Mexico, famous for a supposed alien spaceship crash in 1947. Some conspiracy theorists believe remains from the Roswell crash were taken to Area 51, a secret military base near Rachel, Nevada, to study.

An alien face is woven into the chain link fence outside a shopping center in Roswell, New Mexico.

The world’s only spaceship-shaped McDonald’s attracts UFO tourists in Roswell, New Mexico.

At the Roswell UFO festival in New Mexico, one of the largest in the United States, contestants in the annual alien costume contest present their final looks to the judges. More than 15,000 people attended the 2017 festival, which marked the 70th anniversary of the Roswell incident. In 1994, the U.S. Air Force revealed that a nuclear surveillance weather balloon crashed near Roswell in 1947.

Owners paint an otherworldly scene onto their pooch for the pet costume contest, part of the 2018 UFO festival in McMinnville, Oregon.

Three would-be-aliens prepare to walk in the 2018 UFO Festival Light Parade in Roswell, New Mexico. The trio spent three months building their custom spaceship with their father.

High school students wear matching alien masks in downtown Roswell, New Mexico during their spring break in 2017.

About 200,000 people visit the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico each year.

The UFO Research Center library opened to the public in 1992 as part of the UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. The library holds an extensive collection of reference materials on the history of extraterrestrial encounters and related phenomena.

The UFO Research Center library opened to the public in 1992 as part of the UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. The library holds an extensive collection of reference materials on the history of extraterrestrial encounters and related phenomena.