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What Do We Know About?
What Do We Know About the Roswell Incident?
The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Will we ever learn the truth about what actually landed at Roswell?
From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map!
In 1947, an unusual object crashed in the New Mexico desert and was recovered by the Roswell Army Airfield officers. People everywhere began to speculate what the object could be. Could it possibly be a flying saucer? Would that be proof of aliens and life beyond Earth? Even decades later, some people still believe that the Roswell Incident is the most famous UFO sighting ever. Still, those who worked at the airfield insist it was just a weather balloon that had fallen from the sky. Was the Roswell Incident evidence of alien life, a government cover-up, or just a myth? Here are the facts about what we do know about Roswell.
From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map!
In 1947, an unusual object crashed in the New Mexico desert and was recovered by the Roswell Army Airfield officers. People everywhere began to speculate what the object could be. Could it possibly be a flying saucer? Would that be proof of aliens and life beyond Earth? Even decades later, some people still believe that the Roswell Incident is the most famous UFO sighting ever. Still, those who worked at the airfield insist it was just a weather balloon that had fallen from the sky. Was the Roswell Incident evidence of alien life, a government cover-up, or just a myth? Here are the facts about what we do know about Roswell.
112 pages, Paperback
Published March 7, 2023
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Ben Hubbard
214 books22 followersBen Hubbard is an accomplished non-fiction author of books for children and adults. He has more than 160 titles to his name and has written on everything from Space, the Samurai and Sharks, to Poison, Pets and the Plantagenets. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and can be found in bookshops, libraries and schools around the world.
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May 23, 2025
I don't believe it was a weather balloon.
November 5, 2023
Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, and similar shows traumatized me as a kid. This was a tame, but very informative book.
June 25, 2024
What Do WE Know About The Roswell Incident?
Author: Ben Hubbard
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Publishing Date: 2023
Pgs: 107
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Genre:
Children’s Literature
Aeronautics
Space
Aliens
Mystery
Why this book:
While searching for other books, I went down the rabbit hole of UFO and aliens books at my local branch library and…well, here we are.
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The Feel:
Informative.
Favorite Concept:
“It’s all fake. It’s all fake.” But then, you have people, believable people, telling the story, not the UFO or alien or flying saucer story, of how they were told to shut up and not say anything ever, either because it would be unpatriotic or because “something bad will happen to them.” Seems like a lotta work for a weather balloon in the New Mexico desert.
Tropes:
The photographer being brought in to take the photos, then having his camera and film taken from him, and finding himself on a transfer to Antarctica immediately afterwards is classic. That is exactly the type of thing that the Army/Army Air Corps were notorious for in that era. Friend’s brother went through a similar no notice transfer, his to an Alaskan outpost, though this was because he danced with an officer’s wife, not aliens.
Uhm Moments:
The nurse, Naomi Self, isn’t real. But a refuation of what she saw is mentioned in the Air Force’s Case Closed file that was supposed to be their final word on the subject. :/
The Sigh:
The nurse story was debunked.
Labeling Bob Lazar a security guard is erroneous too. He was decidedly more than that.
Suspension of Disbelief:
Much is expected of something that tries to explain conspiracy theories. This leaves its facts in a bad light with limited research and bad reporting.
Confirmation Bias:
This plays hard to my confirmation bias.
Author: Ben Hubbard
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Publishing Date: 2023
Pgs: 107
=======================
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Genre:
Children’s Literature
Aeronautics
Space
Aliens
Mystery
Why this book:
While searching for other books, I went down the rabbit hole of UFO and aliens books at my local branch library and…well, here we are.
_________________
The Feel:
Informative.
Favorite Concept:
“It’s all fake. It’s all fake.” But then, you have people, believable people, telling the story, not the UFO or alien or flying saucer story, of how they were told to shut up and not say anything ever, either because it would be unpatriotic or because “something bad will happen to them.” Seems like a lotta work for a weather balloon in the New Mexico desert.
Tropes:
The photographer being brought in to take the photos, then having his camera and film taken from him, and finding himself on a transfer to Antarctica immediately afterwards is classic. That is exactly the type of thing that the Army/Army Air Corps were notorious for in that era. Friend’s brother went through a similar no notice transfer, his to an Alaskan outpost, though this was because he danced with an officer’s wife, not aliens.
Uhm Moments:
The nurse, Naomi Self, isn’t real. But a refuation of what she saw is mentioned in the Air Force’s Case Closed file that was supposed to be their final word on the subject. :/
The Sigh:
The nurse story was debunked.
Labeling Bob Lazar a security guard is erroneous too. He was decidedly more than that.
Suspension of Disbelief:
Much is expected of something that tries to explain conspiracy theories. This leaves its facts in a bad light with limited research and bad reporting.
Confirmation Bias:
This plays hard to my confirmation bias.
June 18, 2023
Having also read Crash from Outer Space: Unraveling the Mystery of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings, and Roswell, Fleming detailed quite a bit of the history and profiled a lot of the people in this accessible version for an upper elementary/younger middle school audience who might be curious about aliens and Roswell when they hear about it.
As always though, I learn new things-- like I didn't realize that MIB, the movie was based on previously written about version of "men in black" who supposedly enlisted to wipe people's memories of events.
It's a curious bit of history for sure and it does a great job of encapsulating the important points to provide balance of truth and folklore around it, but that there is still room for curiosity and questions.
As always though, I learn new things-- like I didn't realize that MIB, the movie was based on previously written about version of "men in black" who supposedly enlisted to wipe people's memories of events.
It's a curious bit of history for sure and it does a great job of encapsulating the important points to provide balance of truth and folklore around it, but that there is still room for curiosity and questions.
March 16, 2025
A rather superficial and greatly over-simplified account of the Roswell Incident, that doesn't do a very good job of separating fact from fiction early enough to keep young readers from being confused by the hoaxes that are later debunked. I think this was just too complex of a subject for this series that is geared for younger middle-grade readers to tackle. My concern is with how the book begins by telling various stories that have been told about the Roswell Incident over the years, as though they are true, and only at the end does it debunk some of it. This could lead a reader to mistakenly believe some of the hoaxes, especially if they do not finish the book. I would strongly recommend an adult discuss the material with the child.
May 25, 2023
"...the residents of Roswell—and the world—wanted to know more."
This book is not just about what happened in Roswell, and what witnesses said they saw, but also about how the story went from being a small town current event to a global story to capturing the interest, and imagination, of multiple generations.
This book is not just about what happened in Roswell, and what witnesses said they saw, but also about how the story went from being a small town current event to a global story to capturing the interest, and imagination, of multiple generations.
April 4, 2023
I guess we know something *shrug* lol
April 8, 2023
This was a lot of fun, but I wanted more from it.
April 17, 2023
3.5 stars
April 20, 2023
Nothing new
Want to read
April 25, 2023Thanks to Penguin Young Readers for the review copy!
May 19, 2023
This book was really good because I got to learn a lot about aliens and space .
Read
May 21, 2023perfect for a baby shower gift, right?
October 8, 2023
Something to think about!!!!
Interesting things in one place.
Interesting things in one place.
October 14, 2023
3 stars until the end when it only included the last three democrat presidents’s.
February 17, 2024
Library borrow
March 27, 2024
I didn’t finish it on the 27, I just forgot to log it in. Anyways, it was really good!
April 22, 2024
I enjoy this series of YA books. Quick reads with real info in them.
November 30, 2024
No aliens. We are the only planet with life in the universe. There is God, angels, the souls of the saved and lost, Satan, and demons. That’s it. Cathy R.
April 22, 2025
This was a fun book to read but other than filling in gaps to story I’ve heard - the truth is still out there!
June 8, 2025
Very interesting. These books are so fun.
July 24, 2025
They wouldn't have to keep changing their story if they told the truth...
August 3, 2025
Interesting, super brief read!
December 21, 2025
Dispelled myth for me.
March 4, 2026
These are good books for young readers. Interesting stuff.
January 12, 2024
Good introduction to the subject.
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