Crimes That Made History — Season 1, Episode 7: Roswell: Back to the UFO

Episode synopsis

On 8 July 1947, the US Air Force announced the discovery of a "flying disc" which had crashed in the Roswell area of New Mexico. This was the birth of the flying saucer phenomenon. Against the backdrop of the Cold War, when conspiracy theories abounded, the myth of the UFO gradually took shape to become a recurrent theme in science-fiction movies and popular culture.

About Crimes That Made History

Crimes and bloody tales that made the headlines usually reveal a lot about the hidden fantasies of their time. From Jack the Ripper to the Andes crash, the ten episodes of this collection shed a black light on a page of history that left a mark on their time.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer
• E2Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty
• E3Fritz Haarmann: Vampire in the Weimar Republic
• E4The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America
• E5Violette Nozière: The Patricidal Poisoner
• E6Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism
• E8Flight 571: Acceptable Face of Cannibalism
• E9The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse
• E10The Death of Princess Di