The sheep refused to cross the debris, and had to be herded the long way around to get to water. Riding south of the ranch headquarters, they suddenly came upon an area about a quarter of a mile long and several hundred feet wide that was strewn with debris, shiny bits and pieces unlike anything Mac had ever seen. Dee Proctor loved riding horses more than anything, so he rode with Mac whenever he could. A seven-year-old neighbor boy, William D. The next morning, July 3 or 5, Mac rode out as usual to check on his sheep and to 'ride the fences'.

Two of Mac's children were staying with him at the ranch that night, as they often did, but they didn't notice the 'different' sound. Mac later said it sounded like an explosion. But this time there was a different sort of sound amid the booming thunderclaps. He wondered if it might mean that there were metal deposits underground at those spots and probably considered doing some prospecting in the area. Mac had often wondered why lightning struck the ground repeatedly in the same spots on the ranch. On the evening of either July 2 or July 4 (the various sources disagree) there was a severe thunderstorm in the area with lots of lightning. He was the type who would tip his hat and say 'Howdy, ma'am!' when he passed a lady on the street. Pictures from that time show a man who might have stepped out of an old Roy Rogers movie, a real cowboy. Brazel was married, with children, but his wife and kids lived in Tularosa, New Mexico, near Alamogordo (so the kids would be near a good school), while he mostly lived in an old house out on the ranch where he worked.įrom all accounts, he was happy with his life, riding the range and tending the sheep, shearing the sheep and selling the wool. He was foreman of the Foster Ranch in rural Lincoln County near Corona, New Mexico. 'Mac' Brazel was a stereotypical cowboy, although he actually tended sheep. Here is the full story of the events that happened at Roswell, New Mexico in early July, 1947 Roswell is the most well known UFO crash in History.

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