You are to be commended for actually reading some of the article.
I lived in NM for 14 years. In the Western part of the state, up in the mountains most of that time.
Roswell, NM has been turned into a alien tourist trap. Nut cases are all over. Yes, there was a crash. Yes, they scrubbed the site.
Were they aliens? I seriously doubt it.
If they were, they were illegal aliens. hee hee hee
It is ironic that Goddard and German rocket scientists experimented at White Sands Missile Range after WWII.
I’m a ham op and a lot of my friends there in NM were too. Many of them worked at one of the labs or military bases.
It is somewhat like a sane Area 51.