Real Unreal Podcast

The podcast discusses conspiracy theories surrounding the US government, focusing on the infamous Roswell incident. Witnesses claimed to have seen UFOs and wreckage in 1947, leading to speculation of an alien cover-up. However, the US government later revealed that the craft were spy balloons and the bodies were test dummies. The government used a weather balloon story as a cover-up to keep the project secret from the public. The podcast highlights the prevalence of government-related conspiracy theories and ponders what other secrets the government may be hiding. Hello everyone, welcome to the Real Unreal, an enthralling podcast navigating the anomalies throughout history surrounding the life of the United States government. My name is Matthew Johnson, and I will be your host today. The United States has an insumerable amount of conspiracy theories that originate from within its borders. Many of them are often associated with the US government and seemingly secretive endeavors that the public isn't given much knowledge about. One of these conspiracies is the Roswell incident, which has become infamous as one of the most notorious UFO conspiracies in the world. According to Adam Jones, from what happened at Roswell, but from the History Channel, the events in question occurred during June and July in 1947, where numerous witnesses claimed to have seen UFOs flying around in the sky, as well as finding the wreckage of said aircraft on the ground in a number of different areas around the city of Roswell, New Mexico, with some of the crashed aircraft supposedly having alien bodies found near them. The crafts themselves seem to have been made of some material non-existent on Earth, further heightening the conspiracy of it being an aircraft from another world. When asked about what the objects were, the US government stated that the wreckage were covered and crafts spotted were actually weather balloons suffering malfunctions while flying over Roswell, with some falling out of the sky and crashing. However, many people who read about the news around the country were skeptical about this. Due to the covert nature of the story and the actions of the United States military following the incident, people suspected it was a cover-up for something. Many believed that these aircraft weren't balloons at all, but alien spaceships, and this balloon story was merely a false truth projected to the public to keep the situation under wraps. As a result, the conspiracy about the crash being an alien cover-up became synonymous with the event and remained a prevailing idea in the public's eyes for decades. The alien spacecraft conspiracy remained in the public domain for a long time after its initial exposure. The claims of alien spacecraft as well as alien bodies being seen in the skies over New Mexico in 1947 was an extremely moving thought in the eyes of many who were there and many who weren't. Although the conspiracy was consistently declared to be an alien cover-up, the real truth was only revealed much later and it was found to be much more mundane than people would have initially thought or would have initially liked it to have been. In 1994, the US released the Roswell Report, a document detailing the events of what happened in Roswell and the truth of what actually occurred at the time. According to the document, the strange craft were actually spy balloons and the alien bodies seen floating around the sky with them and found on the ground next to the wreckage at the crash site were actually blow-up test dummies that were attached to the balloons as part of the experimental test flights that were being conducted by the US military over the New Mexico desert. According to William Broad of the New York Times, the wrecked aircraft found in Roswell were part of a secretive military operation by the US government called Project Mogul. Project was an attempt by the United States government to conduct aerial spy missions over the Soviet Union as well as detect sound waves from Soviet nuclear bomb tests in order to measure their strength and power from a great distance. It was revealed that the strange composition of the balloons are polymethane plastic, a material made to be resistant to harsh weather conditions and capable of staying at high altitudes for an extended period of time. The weather balloon story was merely a cover-up to keep the project secret from the public so no critical information could be released, so no critical information would be unintentionally released and potentially be discovered by the Soviet Union. The events of Roswell really tie into the theme of government-related conspiracy theories being prevalent in the world. The United States has a plethora of such conspiracy theories such as this aforementioned Roswell incident that we have discussed in this episode. Such conspiracy theories will only ever be fully disclosed as either factual or falsehood when they are no longer relevant at the current time. This leads me to wonder what other kinds of conspiracy theories have the government been keeping under their thumb and of what great significance they may have. One can only imagine. That will be all for today. Thank you for listening into The Real Unreal. Tune in next week for the episode by my co-host Willis Proper about the depths of the conspiracy surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination and the possible government parties that were involved in it. I'm your host, Matthew Johnson. Thank you for listening. Signing off. Stay conspiring.