Ask an Amateur Scientist: Roswell

In the third installment of my weekly PinkRaygun.com column Ask an Amateur Scientist, I explore the origins of the Roswell, New Mexico myth. Did an alien spaceship really crash there in 1947? Probably not, but it sure does make for an interesting story, as you well know from all of the top-notch entertainments the Roswell myth has spawned--Independence Day, Roswell, that other one. And no one can deny it's been good for New Mexico's tourism. And David Duchovny's career. Read all about it here.