Media1994

Showtime film 'Roswell' airs

When: Jul 1994
Sources: 1 public source

The Roswell Daily Record of 8 July 1947, the story the 1994 film dramatized Roswell Daily Record, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Showtime aired Roswell, a TV film directed by Jeremy Kagan with Kyle MacLachlan as an Air Force intelligence officer revisiting the 1947 events and Martin Sheen in support. It dramatized claims that a flying saucer was recovered and the story covered up.

Sources

Press'Roswell' (Ray Loynd) (opens in a new tab)Los Angeles Times / 1995-07-09

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How the story came out

This reports on Roswell debris recovery (8 Jul 1947).

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Where it fits

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