Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Roswell set for its annual UFO festival
ROSWELL - New Mexico - USA - This city of 49,000 people has become accustomed to “visitors” over the years, but this weekend’s annual UFO festival promises to bring more than 10,000 strangers together to consider the possibility of a 1947 extraterrestrial crash.
Highlights this year include a Roswell film festival and an outdoor showing of the movie “Independence Day” on July 4, said Shawn Hughes, chief executive officer of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce.
Hughes said that last year’s festival had a $1.13 million economic impact on Roswell.
“Of course, the UFO phenomenon is a growing industry here,” Hughes said. He said interest in the crash brought $5.2 million to Roswell last year, without the festival.
During the festival, visitors will swarm the International Unidentified Flying Object Museum and Research Center, said Director Julie Shuster.
This year’s festival boasts appearances by some of the world’s foremost authorities on alien encounters including Derrel Sims, UFO investigator, and Donald Schmitt and Thomas Carey, two of Roswell’s UFO researchers. In addition to the exhibits and book signings beginning Thursday, there will be a concert Saturday night starring Merle Haggard, Pam Tillis and Marty Stewart.
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