Template:Did you know nominations/Roswell incident

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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Launchballer talk 16:28, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Roswell incident

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... that in 1947, space aliens landed in New Mexico?

Source: I know this is pushing it, and this is clearly a false statement, but I think we can get away with it for a quirky hook in a dedicated Halloween set.

ALT1: ... that the 1947 Roswell hoax has been said to have been part of a "Cosmic Watergate"? Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Enemies_Within/Z8e5YELGGFAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA189&printsec=frontcover
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2024 Ohio Issue 1
Comment: Please hold for special WT:DYK#Halloween set

Improved to Good Article status by Feoffer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 9 October 2024 (UTC).

It has been pointed out to me that this has been on OTD (multiple times), so I'm withdrawing this nomination. RoySmith (talk) 15:34, 9 October 2024 (UTC)