A flying saucer crash at Roswell, New Mexico, was broadcasted to the public.
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The world's first atomic bomb was detonated.
Rosewell UFO sighting.
New Mexico became the 47th state to join the United States of America.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
Research into fossil footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico confirmed humans were in the Americas at least 21,000 years ago.