On July 8, 1947, the United States Air Force revealed that they had found a "flying disc" that had crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. This event marked the beginning of the flying saucer craze. Set against the tense atmosphere of the Cold War, a time rife with conspiracy theories, the legend of UFOs began to evolve, becoming a prominent element in science fiction films and broader popular culture.
Show
Crimes That Made History
Episode
S01E07
Air Date
Nov 03, 2017
Season 1 Episodes
S01E01
Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer
S01E02
Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty
S01E03
Fritz Haarmann: Vampire in the Weimar Republic
S01E04
The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America
S01E05
Violette Nozière: The Patricidal Poisoner
S01E06
Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism
S01E07
Roswell: Back to the UFO
S01E08
Flight 571: Acceptable Face of Cannibalism
S01E09
The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse
S01E10
The Death of Princess Di