Enlarge Image<\/a>There’s no shortage of alien-themed shops in <\/cite> I have secretly wanted to go to Roswell since I was a boy. What I got during my brief visit was a lesson in how a small city in the middle of the American Southwest \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 about 300 kilometres from Albuquerque\u00a0 became enshrined in American pop culture.<\/p>\n The 60th anniversary of the so-called \u201cRoswell Incident” will be marked July 5-8 at the city’s annual UFO festival. City officials say 50,000 people are expected for the event, which will include lectures, book signings, tours, entertainment and, according to the organizers, perhaps an alien abduction or two.<\/p>\n [[MORE]]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JUSTIN NORTON Associated Press June 12, 2007 at 11:59 PM EDT Is The Truth to be found in this remote New Mexico town? Driving alone down a stretch of desolate highway en route to Roswell, I begin to understand why … Continue reading ![\"There's](\"http:\/\/images.theglobeandmail.com\/archives\/RTGAM\/images\/20070612\/wtravelufo0613\/roswell_500big.jpg\")
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\nRoswell, N.M. – even the banks are spacey.
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\nI do know this: There are other things out there in the universe,\u009d said John Turner, 78, who was working the desk of the International UFO Museum and Research Center on Roswell’s North Main Street when I visited.<\/p>\n