What really crashed down to Earth in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? Can we trust the government when they say it was just a weather balloon? Today Danielle looks at the history of alien conspiracies and what they teach us about the legacy of modern warfare, globalization, distrust of the government, and paranoia about foreign invaders.

Originally released by Knowledgemotion, 2019. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 21, 2020.