Strange Arrivals is a production of I Heart 3D Audio.

For full exposure, listen with headphones. In the heart of the great southwest between Arizona and Texas and bordering on the

Republic of Mexico lies the sunshine state in this land of ours, the state of New Mexico.

One of the largest, yet one of the least populated of all of our states,

New Mexico was admitted to the Union as recently as 1912.

Since Coronado brought the first horses and sheep into the territory, the raising of livestock has been one of New Mexico's most important industry.

At one time, sheep dominated the state's agricultural life, feeding, clothing, and helping support her people.

Today, cattle are perhaps of equal importance.

The cattle roundup is a familiar site in the Great Southwest, cowboys driving the cattle to shipping points along the railroad, and along the way a man's got to eat.

The grub is plenty good too, eh, partner?

I'm Toby Ball and this is strange arrivals. Episode 9, The Land of Enchantment. the land of enchantment.

The beginning of the modern UFO era is generally pegged to Kenneth Arnold's

UFO sighting around Mount Rainier in 1947.

But arguably the most famous UFO event in history took place less than three weeks later

in Roswell, New Mexico.

I'm sure the story is familiar, at least in its outline.

But you may have the sense that it has played an important part in UFO lore since the wreckage

of something was found in the scrub on

Mac Brazel's ranch but that's not the case. Retired Air Force pilot James

Magehay. The Roswell incident was never James McGee Hay.

The Roswell incident was never in Project Blue Book.

It wasn't a case in there.

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