In which U.S. state is the town of Roswell, where an alleged UFO incident occurred? A - Nevada
B - New Mexico
C - Arizona
D - Colorado
Answer: B - New Mexico In 1947, a military Air Force surveillance balloon crashed at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico prompting claims alleging the crash was of an extraterrestrial spaceship. Although the military reported that the crash was merely of a conventional weather balloon, conspiracy theories claiming that one or more alien spacecraft had crash-landed and that the extraterrestrial occupants had been recovered by the military who then engaged in a cover-up. The Roswell incident continues to be of interest in popular media, and conspiracy theories surrounding the event persist. Roswell has been called "the world's most famous, most exhaustively investigated, and most thoroughly debunked UFO claim".