The International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico (roswellufomuseum.com) opened in 1991 and now draws over 300,000 visitors annually — one of the most visited museums in New Mexico. Roswell hosts the annual UFO Festival each July, timed around July 8 — the date in 1947 when RAAF Public Information Officer Walter Haut issued the original press release announcing the “capture of a flying disc.” KEY MUSEUM ARTIFACT — WALTER HAUT SEALED AFFIDAVIT: Haut’s affidavit, sealed during his lifetime and opened in 2007 following his death, is among the most significant documents in the museum’s collection. In it, Haut described: Building 84 at Roswell Army Air Field under heavy guard; an egg-shaped metallic craft approximately 12-15 feet long; two bodies approximately 1.2 meters tall with large heads; TWO separate crash sites; and stated under oath that the craft and crew were “from outer space.” Haut had privately told a neighbor of this in 1989 — 18 years before the affidavit was opened. NUCLEAR CONTEXT: Roswell was home to the 509th Bombardment Group — the only nuclear-capable military unit on Earth in July 1947. The same unit that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the unit that officially “recovered” what the Army Air Force initially described as a “flying disc.” Roswell is not an isolated incident — it is the opening event of the documented nuclear-UAP interaction record. The GAO investigation (triggered by Stephen Schiff after Kissner interviews) found ALL RAAF records from 1945-1949 had been destroyed — no documented authority.