Obfuscator writes: The sheltery thing at Fort Sumner Lake State Park worked nicely, though it didn't really matter at all, since it wasn't raining and the wind died down a lot. We both slept pretty well, and woke up at a decently early hour. We hit the road and headed for our first planned stop, Roswell, NM. Roswell, as you may recall, is home of one of the biggest alien cover-up conspiracy stories of the 20th century. As the story goes, in July of 1947, a flying saucer crashed on a ranch northwest of Roswell. A few people eventually claimed to have witnessed the crash. The rancher went out to investigate the next day, and found wreckage. He brought it back to his home, and a few days later, went to town and showed it to
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