Roswell crash, 1947: the case minute by minute

This documentary retraces the events at Roswell in July 1947, when debris was found on a ranch near the town. The US Army announced that it had recovered a “flying disc,” then changed its account within hours. The film follows military records, disputed crash sites and conflicting witness accounts.

It examines claims about bodies and possible explanations for the debris, asking what happened in the New Mexico desert. The claims of a crashed unidentified craft and recovered bodies remain disputed.