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The city of Roswell says it’s serious about the annual UFO Festival and finally approved funding for it late Wednesday.

The city council held a special workshop to approve a budget for this fiscal year which included $150,000 for the controversial UFO Festival.

That is the same amount as last year that was taken out of the lodgers tax fund.

There was some concern that the city might not fund the festival because it was not included in the preliminary budget. At that time, the city council wanted to look at whether the money was being spent wisely before funding it again.

The final numbers from the most recent UFO festival will not be ready until next month.

“We’ve got to be responsible to our citizens and also to the people coming to visit us… But I’ll guarantee I’m going to be watching it like a hawk, and I think you’ll see everyone at the table watching like a hawk, you’ve seen me yell and scream before, and I’ll yell and scream again,” said City Councilor Dusty Huckabee.

City officials says they will fully support the festival and that is why they decided to approve the funding before seeing the final numbers.

Video here

Detail for Event ID 25096
Case Number: 25096
Log Number: US-08152010-0001
Submitted Date: 2010-08-15 01:31 GMT
Event Date: 2010-08-14 22:40 GMT
Status: Assigned
City: Roswell
Region: New Mexico
Country: US
Longitude: -104.5230242
Latitude: 33.3942655
Shape: Star-like,Unknown
Duration: 01:00:00
Distance: Unknown
Vallee Index: MA1
Description:
i was driving to pick up my room mate from work. i was on country club road heading east. in the sky almost directly east there was a bright light in the sky. having lived in roswell most of my life i am quite familiar with various types of air traffic and something about it struck me as odd. as i observed it i noticed it began to wobble. i watched it as well as i could (safely, given i was driving 45 mph) and something blue shot out of the direction of the object. it is still in the sky east of roswell right now at 11:28 local time. the blue ejection was sort of cone shaped, but looked like a series of circles that got larger towards the bottom… kind of like a snowman for lack of a better description. there were about 8-12 circles. this is a serious statement, not a joke or anything. thank you for your time.
Media: None

I was at Trader Joe’s yesterday and noticed that they had Roswell Alien Ale.   I didn’t buy any because it is probably some evil plot by the aliens.  I did snap a photo though and a few people in TJ’s looked at me like I was totally weird, but I am used to that.

Adrienne still looks great!  Story here.

This is stricly my opinion.
It is evident that the world-famous Roswell UFO Museum has always promoted only the extraterrestrial interpretation of the Roswell incident.
And, unfortunately, it seems to continue to exclude any speakers who differ from their view.
Of course, it can do anything it wants, since it is a private organization.

Fortunately, in recent years, some UFO researchers who bring up alternative explanations and views on the Roswell incident have been coming to the Roswell UFO Festival and have begun to give presentations.
I totally welcome the emergence of those researchers.
Unfortunately, of course, those speakers are not welcome to speak at the UFO Museum.
This is truly a shame.

Continue Reading Norio’s post here

I actually agree with Norio, but not for the same reasons stated above or at least not totally for those reasons even though he makes a good point.  Although, I support both, but in the ongoing feud I agree more with the city.  I will try to write more about that later tonight.

Two multi-million dollar projects are in the works that could bring an economic boost to Roswell.

Roswell’s famous UFO Museum and Research Center just broke ground on a ten million dollar, 30,000 square foot building.

Executive Director Julie Shuster hopes to have at least part of the building in place by next summer. “It’s exciting to move into the brand new building. The building itself will be a destination,” said Shuster.

Meanwhile, the city of Roswell is working on an amphitheater that could seat up to 8000.

The project is suppose to look like a crashed UFO and would become the largest entertainment venue in Southeastern New Mexico.

The price tag on the project is $1.2 million and city officials are hoping to have funding in place so the project can get off the ground.

The city also expects to have initial figures from the economic impact of the 2010 UFO Festival on Thursday.

Video available here

This was a very strange year.  Normally at the very least the local TV news has a nightly blip about what went on that day at Roswell  –  this year I came across nothing, other than rumored (yes, rumored and not official) budget cuts for next year.  Let’s face it, Roswell would cut it’s own throat if it cut the UFO Fest budget too much.  There just isn’t anything in Roswell to attract people other than the fact that a UFO may have crashed near there in 1947 and being a place to maybe stop for lunch on the way to Carlsbad Caverns.

Also, there was the fact that the annual Larry King Roswell special did not take place due to his announcement of his up coming retirement.  So no CNN coverage.

Lastly, my friend Greg Bishop was not at Roswell this year and he is the only blogger I can depend on for reports during the festival.

I am not going to get in the middle of ongoing feuds between the museum and city of Roswell, except to say — STOP IT!  You are going to ruin it for yourselves and everyone else.

Perhaps we should start holding the festival here in Albuquerque.  People could drive south and check out Roswell if they want, but if Roswell itself is unwilling to take advantage of what should be a killer fest with lots of coverage, maybe some other city should.  Obviously, nobody in Roswell did much of anything to entice the media to come out there and I hear that the attendance was less than normal.  Should I mention the guest speakers?  Yes, I will.  Although, there was nothing wrong with the line up for both the city and museum, it seemed far less than normal.  Where was George Noory?  I am not a huge Noory fan, but even I know that his presence would draw many more people and get lots of media attention.

From what I have witnessed and heard from here in Albuquerque and comparing it to previous years — this was the most poorly put together Roswell festival in recent memory.  So I beg everyone that has any bit of control over next years fest to get their shit together!  Put aside whatever feuds you are having and think of the overall picture.

Proof I have been at least somewhat involved in this far too long — the first and only time I went to a Roswell UFO fest was for the 50th anniversary and it is now the 63rd.

Anyhow, read about the budget for the fest here.

Just wanted you to know – in case you’ve already printed your 2010 schedule from this site - that some late-breaking SCHEDULE and LOCATION changes have JUST been posted to http://www.RoswellUFOfestival.com

It rained here today, which prevented some of the set-up requirements, and called for certain precautions in the unlikely event that the rain comes back. At least 6 outdoor events have been moved indoors to The Roswell Mall. See the recently updated schedule page for details, in BLUE TEXT.

While this site’s schedule attempts to cover EVERYTHING happening in Roswell during the UFO Festival (no small task!) links to the UFO Museum events and City of Roswell events are posted at http://www.RoswellUFOfestival.com as well as the lecture series at The Roswell Public Library (300 N Pennsylvania Ave) on Saturday. Please check the links to these independant/official sites for official information and late-breaking news.

If you can’t make it this year, our 1-day lecture audio/dvds are available at http://www.theinvisiblebattle.com as well as a mail-order option at bottom of the site for THE COOLEST poster you’ll see this year!

Oh, and just in case you’ve heard some unfound rumors and exagerrations related to “local news” do not worry, The 2011 UFO Festival is already in the planning stages.

And PLEASE – if you are here and get good pictures of various events, please e-mail them roswellufofestival@gmail.com if you are willing to release them for publication on this site.

Come say hi!! Look for me (Guy Malone) and our booth in the southern corner of the Roswell Convention & Visitrs Bureau Thursday & Friday (speakers’ wall) and when I’m not speaking at The City’s Symposium Friday morning or The Roswell Public Library on Saturday. My talks are detailed below.

See you here!!
Guy Malone
http://www.RoswellUFOfestival.com

Friday July 2 8:15am @ The Roswell Museum & Art Center, City of Roswell Symposium
and Saturday July 3 9:30 am @ The Roswell Public Library:
Guy Malone “Roswell 1947 : When the Mythology is Stripped Away, What Facts Remain?” Not a weather balloon, not an alien spacecraft? What facts could be so terrifying as to warrant the cover-up and secrecy attended to the Roswell Incident – clandestine operations so morally repugnant that a Post-WWII government would prefer U.S. citizens think that the government was lying to them, than to reveal the ugliest truths of all? Malone posits that an alien spacecraft was not being covered up, but rather that an alien spacecraft was the cover up. His presentation rests largely on eye-witness testimony, government records not released until decades later, and quotes from today’s published Roswell researchers, and is known as ”the most challenging, alternate view proposed yet for the Roswell UFO Crash of July 1947.” You won’t like it. You shouldn’t miss it.

Saturday July 3 1:30pm @ The Roswell Public Library
Guy Malone “Evidences for a Spiritual View of the UFO Phenomenon” aka “Why Christian Fundamentalists Think Aliens Are Really Demons” Malone asks, “Do certain Christians say ‘aliens are really demons’ based simply on an uninformed knee-jerk reaction to the unknown?” No. In fact many theologians have historically argued that God could have easily created life on other planets, if He so chose. But what does an examination of 20th century sighting and abduction reports reveal? This lecture provides an overview of the messages, actions and abilities demonstrated by modern “aliens” with insight into the scriptural and theological arguments that logically support the fallen angel interpretation of the phenomena. While you may not be convinced of this view yourself, you will walk away better understanding WHY many with a Biblical worldview conclude that “alien” activity is a fallen angel deception, and ultimately consider the reasoning behind the “demonic hypothesis” much more convincing than you thought possible. Also, Malone ends the presentation with a revealing look at “What The Bible Says About Life on Other Planets.”

Sergeant Saucer has the first of what I am sure will be many posts about the festival here.  I am not sure the true identity of Sergeant Saucer.  I had thought he was Timothy Green Beckley, but I guess not.

I will not be attending Roswell, but I will keep you up to date on things via other blogs and local news.  I am looking forward to meeting up with Rich and Karyn Dolan while they are here in Albuquerque though, that should be fun!  Of course, anyone that is going to be blogging Roswell — if I don’t know about your blog already, email me and give me the url.  My email is LesleyinNM at gmail . com.  That is suppose to foil bots looking for email addies — not sure it totally works.