International UFO Museum And Research Center

I left elk camp in search of something new.  Something that was true, that gave me answers to the emptiness I felt inside.  Oh wait – I just needed lunch.  Well anyways I was in Roswell now so figured I should check out some alien tourist traps.  I give you the tinfoil-hat Mecca known as the International UFO Museum And Research Center.

International UFO Museum And Research Center

For those who are unaware, in 1947 a USAF weather balloon crashed and a bunch of nutters thought it was aliens.  Since then it was confirmed to be a balloon but conspiracy theorists don’t care much for “evidence” and “truth” apparently.  I mean look at this guy’s face:

Roswell UFO Museum – Stanton T. Friedman

The museum contains some historical relics like this radio command center that was used during transmission of the 1947 incident.

Roswell UFO Museum – Radio Equipment

Walls are covered in photographs, poster boards, and news clippings giving timelines of major events.

Roswell UFO Museum – Foo-Fighters?

Roswell UFO Museum – Close Encounters of the Third Kind

They even have a huge library & archive section that you can dig through and find evidence yourself.  The answers are out there…

Roswell UFO Museum – Library

Roswell UFO Museum – Archives of Records

All throughout the museum are elaborate displays of alien props, spaceships, and movie set artifacts.  Some generic displays of little green men & alien corpses:

Roswell UFO Museum – Alien Landing

Roswell UFO Museum – Alien Pods

And more famous ones like Gort from The Day The Earth Stood Still:

Roswell UFO Museum – The Day The Earth Stood Still

Finally the actual props from 1994 Showtime movie “Roswell“:

Roswell UFO Museum – Alien Autopsy

It’s a neat place if you like kitschy tourist stuff or belong to the crowd who likes conspiracies.  But for me, spending an hour here was enough for one lifetime.  Moving onwards and upwards, twirling twirling towards freedom!