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Roswell

Roswell

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A town in southeast New Mexico, United States, known for a 1947 story about an alien crash
  • proper noun
  • /ˈrɑːz.wɛl/
: Roswell
  • Ever since Roswell, the whole UFO phenomenon, alien abductions have increased tenfold.
  • Roswell, New Mexico
  • the Roswell crash

Which was that there were retrievals of things found at Roswell, NM, that people could not explain.

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Examples

  • Roswell, New Mexico.

  • The 1947 UFO controversy of Roswell, N.M. is like a bad penny: it keeps turning up.

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  • I'm leaving for Roswell in five minutes.

  • I built this convention from the ground up when Roswell was nothing more than a joke.

  • Baumgartner almost made an attempt last Tuesday from his launch site in Roswell, New Mexico.

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  • After a few years on an air force base in Roswell, New Mexico, the couple relocated to Portland, Oregon.

    Academic text (2002)
  • New launch time is now 11:00 AM EDT, 9:00 AM in Roswell, New Mexico.

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  • Then an alien craft crash-lands with a clap of desert thunder near Roswell, New Mexico.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Felix Baumgartner's parents will also be watching in Roswell, anticipating the moment Felix arrives safely back to Earth.

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  • The famous UFO incident occurred in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.

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Etymology

Roswell is the name of a town that comes from the first name of an early settler, so the place name is really a person's name. After a famous 1947 'UFO' incident there, Roswell now makes people think of aliens and strange stories.