Roswell Mystery Rock
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In the biggest news to hit Roswell since an alleged piece of crash debris turned out to really just be a piece of Japanese jewelry (long story), a rock with mysterious magnetic properties has been found on the outskirts of Roswell near one of the alleged UFO crash sites.
The rock, which can be seen to the left, weighs about 40 grams and appears to depict several lunar phases, a solar eclipse, and a supernova says a recent edition of the Roswell Daily Record. The stone was found on Cedar Hill by Roswell businessman Robert Ridge. Ridge actually found the rock several years ago in September of 2004 and put it in a safety deposit box for safe keeping.
In 2007, during the 60th Anniversary of the Roswell Incident, Ridge showed the rock to UFO investigators Chuck Zukowski and Debbie Ziegelmeyer. The two researchers showed the rock around to several experts including some anthropologists who said the rock could not have been scored or drilled without the help of high-tech modern technology such as lasers and speed water-fed grinders and drills.
Roswell Mayor Sam LaGrone handled the rock as well and said in the Roswell Daily Record that the rock adds another element of “the strangeness of Roswell” 61 years after the famous UFO crash.
As for the rock’s magnetic properties, if one puts a compass near the rock the compass needle will spin due to the rock’s magnetic polarity. Also the rock will spin “depending on the position of a magnet over the image surface,” Zukowski said in the Record.
After the above information was published in the Wednesday July 09th, issue of the Roswell Daily Record several town residents came forward claiming to have seen similar rocks years ago sold to tourists. A few other residents brought in similar rocks to the Record, however, none of those rocks seemed to be quite as sophisticated as the one found by Ridge.
Whether the rock is man made or something more mysterious, the stone is bound to raise more questions than answers. For more information on the rock be sure to check out the two Roswell Daily Record links above.
—John LeMay
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Great story!