By Steven Robert Closs

I am an American Civil War historian and author who has been interested in the UFO phenomenon; especially the Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident. It is interesting to know that the United States government was initially forthright with their informational release concerning the Roswell UFO incident. However, once the newspapers began printing stories of the confirmed UFO crash and the three deceased bodies from another world, the governmental 'back-peddling', retractions, and denials began. Shelly Barclay has done a remarkable job describing the Roswell UFO incident in her article and asks the reader to consider some difficult questions.

Interesting enough, a published article of some 1,800 words was authored by Marguerite F. LaBelle which surfaced during the time of the 'Flying Saucer' phenomenon of July 1947 titled, "Flying Saucers - Fact or Fiction?" Ms. LaBelle was the great-grandmother of Shelly Barclay, the author of the article under review. In her article, Ms. LaBelle theorizes that the Soviet Union maybe behind the 'Flying Saucer' phenomenon because of their technological advancement; the threat they posed to the word with their nuclear weapons, and; the fact that they were on a mission to spread Communism throughout the free world. The article is insightful and makes for interesting reading.