How come nobody ever heard about Roswell after the first few days of the initial ‘splash’ - until somebody decided to bring it up decades later?
Roswell resurfaced when Stanton Freedman found and interview the AIR fORCE MAN who initially reported Roswell discovery of wreckage. When Jesse dies, Stanton continued to work with Jesse’s son, continuing the story that others opened up about once the initial exposure happened.