Mainstream: Could UFOs be Russian or Chinese?
The UFO topic is being taken much more seriously these days. The issue is being discussed by lawmakers in Washington D.C., Department of Defense...
Going past the warning signs at Area 51
Nearly three-quarters of a million people (As of this writing) have signed up to storm one the U.S. government’s most mysterious bases on Sept....
Complete census count key for Roswell
Every 10 years the country undertakes a data-intensive process that goes a long way toward defining us, at that point in time, as a...
UFOs hot topic, being taken seriously in Washington DC
While enjoying the annual UFO festival in Roswell, New Mexico this weekend, perhaps the most significant difference between this year’s event and past festivals...
UFOs in the news as festival nears
It’s almost July. Most years, Roswell can begin — right about now — to feel like the center of the never-ending worldwide conversation about...
RDR dedicated to Roswell
Newspapers and those who print them often find themselves near the center of local life.
That’s been the case for as long as newspapers have...
Stanton Friedman’s voice will be missed
Roswell, New Mexico. 1947. Mention of the place, the year — that’s all it takes. Even those only casually interested in reported UFO phenomena...
Plan aimed at protecting precious resource
When people hear the words “recommended reading” they have an expectation of what comes next. A list of interesting or thrilling reads provided by...
Sister airports a perfect match
There may have been a point in human history when conspiracy theories were rare. But that would have been very, very early on. Seeing...
Sightings by pilots can’t be ignored
Few topics of conversation have been more stigmatized in the United States over the past 70-odd years than sightings of unexplained aerial phenomena.
Anyone...
Space news cuts through the noise
News from the near and far reaches of space managed last week to cut through a wall of noise generated by the arrest of...
A few great books about baseball
Years ago I attended a banquet of some sort, I don’t remember its function, and during the course of making polite conversation with people...
Finding the air center’s best path forward
It’s almost impossible to walk across the tarmac of the Roswell International Air Center without imagining the possibilities, the potential that exists there to...
Roswell’s mysteries promoted by documentary
Not everyone who finds themselves drawn to UFO-related subjects believes, unequivocally, that extraterrestrial life exists. For one’s interest to be piqued, all that’s really...
Windfall presents its own challenges
Discussions about how government can and should work for the people, who alternately benefit from its machinery and find themselves at its mercy, almost...
Some history that won’t be lost
History can be easily lost. It happens all the time, for all sorts of reasons. Nature overtakes a structure that decades or centuries ago...
Remembering RDR publisher Robert Beck
A young new couple had moved to town. The man was a decorated Air Force pilot. The beautiful young lady was the daughter of...
Glimpses of presidents as people
For better or for worse, I can’t think of President George H.W. Bush, who passed away last week, without also thinking of the well-known...
NASA’s reminder that science can inspire
The fact that there are some things computers and robots do exceptionally well, far more efficiently than any human could, has for decades led...
Smokey and the wildland/urban interface
A marketing campaign considered by many the most successful in the history of advertising will celebrate a significant milestone next year, and in doing...
Moving line between believable/not
There was a time, not long ago, when reports of the unusual were more ... unusual. And by that I don’t mean more bizarre,...
Roswell-Goddard rivalry needed
On Friday, Roswell, Goddard and Chaves County had reason to smile. Not only was there a terrific football game played that will be talked...
Wealth of options a good problem to have
If you were told you had only one sentence — or more challenging still, just a single image, a logo or photo — to...
Business, education and transformation
It’s not always easy to recognize a transformational moment when you see it. In hindsight, sure — but as it’s unfolding, that’s different. Within...
Never forget the importance of agriculture
When it comes to weighing the importance to society of specific professions, how they stack up can depend on who you ask. It could...
Debates over education policy worth having
New Mexico is not the only place where there’s currently an election on. Not coincidentally, it’s one of many places where public education —...
‘Extraterrestrial Tourism’ shapes travel plans
Maybe you believe we’ve been visited by travelers from other worlds (or dimensions or times). Or, maybe not. You might think instead that there...
Each fall a reminder of football’s lasting appeal
Every place I’ve been, people have told me, “Football is big here” — and every place I’ve been, that’s been 100 percent accurate.
Sure, I...
Best gift I ever got came at Thanksgiving
The best gift I ever received didn’t come on a birthday or at Christmas. It came right around Thanksgiving, not a holiday often associated...
Erosion of trust in media damages democracy
An important case came before the courts in 1734 in New York City. A libel case was brought against the “New York Weekly Journal”...
