Government1995

Clinton answers a Roswell question in Belfast

When: 30 Nov 1995
Where: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sources: 2 public sources

Belfast City Hall, where Clinton spoke at the 1995 Christmas tree lighting and answered a Roswell question William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At a Christmas tree lighting in Belfast, President Bill Clinton answered a 13-year-old's letter by saying that, as far as he knew, no alien craft crashed at Roswell in 1947, and that if the Air Force had found alien bodies it had not told him.

Sources

OfficialRemarks on Lighting the City Christmas Tree in Belfast (Public Papers of the Presidents, 1995 Book II) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) / 1995-11-30
OfficialRemarks by the President and First Lady at Belfast Tree Lighting (opens in a new tab)Clinton White House archive (National Archives) / 1995-11-30

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