Q 01/05

In which US state is Roswell?

A) Colorado

B) New Mexico

C) Arizona

D) Nevada

Answer · why

B) New Mexico

Roswell is a city in southeastern New Mexico; the debris was found about 75 miles away near Corona, but the air base that handled it was in Roswell.

Q 02/05

Which fast-food chain's Roswell restaurant is built in the shape of a flying saucer?

A) Burger King

B) Taco Bell

C) McDonald's

D) Wendy's

Answer · why

C) McDonald's

McDonald's built its Roswell branch as a saucer with a metal skin and neon trim; the self-styled UFO capital of the world also has alien-eyed street l...

Q 03/05

What did the Air Force conclude in 1994 that the Roswell debris had really come from?

A) An experimental jet

B) A weather balloon

C) A crashed V-2 rocket

D) A top-secret spy balloon

Answer · why

D) A top-secret spy balloon

A top-secret spy balloon: the 1994 report said the Army's 1947 cover story had hidden Project Mogul, a classified train of high-altitude balloons carr...

Q 04/05

What was Project Mogul intended to detect?

A) Radio signals from space

B) Incoming missiles

C) Soviet nuclear tests

D) Submarines

Answer · why

C) Soviet nuclear tests

Soviet nuclear tests were the target: Project Mogul lofted sensitive microphones on high-altitude balloons, hoping to catch the low rumble of a blast ...

Q 05/05

Which rancher found the debris on the Foster ranch near Corona in the summer of 1947?

A) W. W. 'Mac' Brazel

B) Sheridan Cavitt

C) George Wilcox

D) Grady Barnett

Answer · why

A) W. W. 'Mac' Brazel

W. W. 'Mac' Brazel found the scattered debris in mid-June and thought little of it until he heard the 'flying disc' talk in early July; a day after th...