CONNIE WILLIS’S NOVEL The Road to Roswell (Del Rey) is paved with crackling dialogue, New Mexico–specific humor, aliens, men in black, UFOs, and some out-of-this-world adventures. Willis, a winner of…
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D ENNIS BALTHASER MOVED TO ROSWELL in 1996 with one goal: to continue his research on UFOs. As a trained civil engineer, his curiosity about extraterrestrial life drew him to what may be the world…
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1 Focus a lens on New Mexico. Known for images that provide an immediate sense of place, Danny Lyon has captured indelible scenes of New Mexico and the wider world for decades. During his 60-year…
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DID I BRING MY FLUX CAPACITOR? Do I have any interstellar goo on me? Have I recently visited the beta quadrant? The galactic flight attendant asks me these questions during the pre-boarding screening…
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Roswell draws all kinds for its alien festivities. Photograph courtesy of the City of Roswell. A MONSOON STORM RAGED THE NIGHT a flying object crashed near Roswell. Alien believers reference the July…
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Alien models at the International UFO Museum and Research Center, in Roswell. Photograph by Dan Leeth/Alamy. Weird is Wonderful AS A KID IN CORRALES, BENJAMIN RADFORD relished reading about ghosts…
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Photographs by Douglas Merriam, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives 128785, Kyle Hinkson/Unsplash, NMTD, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives 165653. Landscapes Geological forces conspired to…
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The Brazos Cliffs viewed from Brazos Summit on the Highway between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla. Photograph by Laurence Parent. THE FIRST TIME I FELT LIKE A TRUE NEW MEXICAN, it hurt … a lot. My…
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DENNIS BALTHASER SEEMS to appear right out of the wild blue yonder. When I pulled up to our prearranged meeting place, I didn’t notice anyone else in the parking lot. But as I step out of my car and…
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THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND when you hear “Roswell” is probably not karaoke. Yet there I found myself on a Saturday night, in Billy Ray’s, a spacious restaurant and bar memorable for its retro…
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