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Roswell incident The Roswell Incident started in 1947 with the recovery of debris near Roswell, New Mexico. It later became the basis for conspiracy theories alleging that the United States military recovered a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft. The debri ...

Roswell, New Mexico Roswell () is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,422 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fi ...

, known for the purported 1947 UFO incident (see other uses below)

Places in the United States

Roswell, Colorado Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs and a 19th-century railroad junction. The town was located at roughly the present intersection of Fillmore S ...

, a former settlement now part of Colorado Springs *

Roswell, Georgia Roswell is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. At the official 2020 census, the city had a population of 92,883, making Roswell the state's ninth largest city. A suburb of Atlanta, Roswell has an affluent National Registe ...

, a suburb of Atlanta *

Roswell, Idaho Roswell is an unincorporated community in Canyon County in the U.S. state of Idaho. Roswell is located 2 mi (3.2 km) south of Parma. Founded in 1889, it was named by and for an early settler and school teacher who dreamed of founding ...

Roswell, Ohio Roswell is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 219 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of th ...

* Roswell, South Dakota

People

Roswell Beebe Roswell Beebe (December 22, 1795 – September 27, 1856) was a prominent businessman, land speculator, and politician in Arkansas during the 19th century. Originally from New York, he moved to Arkansas in the 1830s, where he became influential in ...

(1795–1856), American railroad executive; mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas *

Roswell L. Colt Roswell Lyman Colt (1779-1856) was an American businessman who made a fortune in the shipping industry, served for decades as governor of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, and was an early railroad executive. Colt's parents were P ...

(1779–1856), American businessman *

Roswell Farnham Roswell Farnham (July 23, 1827January 5, 1903) was an American politician of the Republican Party, an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a lawyer, and the 38th governor of Vermont. Biography Farnham was born in Boston, Ma ...

(1827–1903), Governor of Vermont * Roswell Field (1807–1869), American lawyer, politician * Roswell P. Flower (1835–1899), US congressman, and Governor of New York *

Roswell Gilpatric Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (November 4, 1906 – March 15, 1996) was a New York City corporate attorney and government official who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961–64, when he played a pivotal role in the high-stake strategie ...

(1906–1996), American lawyer and politician * Roswell G. Horr (1830–1896), American politician *

Roswell King Roswell King (May 3, 1765 – February 15, 1844) was an American businessman, planter, slave owner, and industrialist. Together with his son, Barrington King, he founded Roswell Manufacturing Company in the Georgia Piedmont, establishing a cotton ...

(1765–1844) was an American businessman, planter and industrialist * Roswell Park (surgeon) (1852–1914), American physician *

Roswell A. Parmenter Roswell A. Parmenter (September 20, 1821 – February 1, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Roswell A. Parmenter was born in Pittstown, New York, on September 20, 1821, the son of Dr. Azel Fiske Parmenter (born 1786 ...

(1821–1904), New York politician *

Roswell B. Rexford Roswell Burrows Rexford (November 29, 1842 – February 7, 1913) was an American politician in Michigan. On November 8, 1854, Rexford was elected to the Michigan Senate where he represented the 11th district from January 3, 1855, to December 3 ...

, Michigan politician *

Roswell S. Ripley Roswell Sabine Ripley (March 14, 1823 – March 29, 1887) was an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He was also an author and a prosperous ...

(1823–1887), Confederate Army general *

Roswell Rudd Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college), and other genres of musi ...

(1935–2017), American musician *

Roswell Weston Roswell Weston (February 24, 1774 – August 18, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on February 24, 1774, in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of Zachariah Weston (1749–1828) and Mary (Lathr ...

(1774–1861), New York politician and judge * Roswell Williams, pseudonym of

Frank Owen (author) Frank Owen (1893–1968) was an American author, novelist and anthologist. He wrote 10 novels in the 1930s under the pseudonym Roswell Williams, a name which is sometimes erroneously listed as his real name. Owen is best known for his orient ...

(1893–1968), American novelist *

Maggie Roswell Maggie Roswell is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer from Los Angeles, California. She is well known for her voice work on the Fox network animated television series ''The Simpsons'', in which she has played recurring characters s ...

(born 1952), American actress

In culture and fiction

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Roswell High ''Roswell High'' is a Young adult fiction, young adult book series written by Melinda Metz and published by Pocket Books. The ten-book series chronicles the adventures of three teen aliens and their human friends, who attend the fictional Ulysses ...

'', a young adults book series written by Melinda Metz ** ''Roswell'' (TV series), a 1999 TV series about a group of aliens ** ''Roswell, New Mexico'' (TV series), a 2019 TV series about a group of aliens * '' Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends'', an (1999-2000) animated series by

BKN Bohbot Entertainment was an American advertising and marketing company specializing in the children's market founded in 1985, and had traded under various different names over the years. The company produced and distributed programming under thei ...

* ''Roswell'' (film), a 1994 television film about the Roswell UFO incident, sometimes called ''Roswell: The UFO Cover-up'' * '' Stargate SG-1: Roswell'', a 2007 novel by Sonny Whitelaw and Jennifer Fallon * ''

Roswell, Little Green Man ''Roswell, Little Green Man'' is a Bongo Comics series created by Bill Morrison. It was nominated for four Eisner Awards. The series debuted in 1996 with a four-part story in the back pages of ''Simpsons Comics'' #19-22, which was followed by its o ...

'', a comic book series * "

Roswell That Ends Well "Roswell That Ends Well" is the nineteenth episode in the third season of the American animated television series '' Futurama'', and the 51st episode of the series overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on Decembe ...

", an episode of ''Futurama'' * ''

Roswell, Texas Lester Neil Smith III (May 12, 1946 – August 27, 2021), better known as L. Neil Smith, was an American libertarian science fiction author and political activist. His works include the trilogy of Lando Calrissian novels, all published in 1983: ...

'', a serialized, online graphic novel *

Roswell Records Roswell Records is an American record label founded by Dave Grohl in 1995 for his band Foo Fighters. It is currently an imprint of RCA Records and is based in New York City. History Capitol Records (1995–1999) The label was originally set ...

, a record label founded by

Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl (; born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, and only consistent member. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of th ...

of the

Foo Fighters The Foo Fighters are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana (band), Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, gu ...

* There is also the Roswell Saves the World book which hosts the Roswell incident as Grays crashing

Other

Roswell High School (New Mexico) Roswell High School (RHS) is a public senior high school in Roswell, New Mexico. It is a part of the Roswell Independent School District. Established in 1913, it is the oldest public high school in the city. The colors of RHS are: Dark Crimson ...

, a school in Roswell, New Mexico *

Roswell High School (Georgia) Roswell High School (RHS) is a public high school in Roswell, Georgia, Roswell, Georgia, United States which opened in 1949. It serves the entire city of Roswell west of Georgia State Route 400 and the city of Mountain Park, Fulton County, Geor ...

, a school in the city of Roswell, Georgia *

Roswell International Air Center Roswell Air Center (Roswell International Air Center; Roswell Industrial Air Center) is an airport south of Roswell, in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. History The airport was Roswell Army Airfield during World War II, and Walke ...

, an airport in Roswell, New Mexico *

Roswell springsnail The Roswell springsnail, scientific name ''Pyrgulopsis roswellensis'', is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Roswell, New Mexico in the United States The ...

, a species of freshwater snails *

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded by surgeon Roswell Park in 1898, the center was the first in the United States to specifically focus on cancer research. Th ...

, a cancer hospital in Buffalo, New York *

Roswell Recreation and Parks The Roswell Recreation and Parks is a municipal department serving the city of Roswell, Georgia, Roswell, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It oversees eight public use, public-use parks covering over 900 acres and sponsors over 25 athletic progra ...

, a municipal department in Roswell, Georgia

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