Article: THE ROSWELL INCIDENT: In Roswell, N.M., it's all aliens all the time.

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The Boston Herald
Article date:
June 30, 1997
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ROSWELL, N.M. - The city fathers here are shameless opportunists, and they don't mind telling you about it.

"I saw a window of opportunity and we jumped through it," said a grinning Mayor Tom Jennings, 46, a former oil-and-gas land speculator who is now peddling Roswell's UFO legend to an alien-happy America. "Some people think I'm goofy, but how do you argue with success?"

This week, up to 10,000 UFO enthusiasts a day will roll into town to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the highly questionable account of a flying saucer crash that left five dead aliens in the desert outside town.

UFO Encounter '97, which starts tomorrow, will feature ...

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