Some drink to forget. Those who have experienced a severe traumatic event often feel compelled to abuse alcohol to dismiss it from their minds, so great is the mental pain. But there could be no greater shock than being suddenly confronted by something so utterly alien as aliens. The crash of an extraterrestrial craft and pilot bodies onto the New Mexico desert floor in July of 1947 adversely affected the psyche of many of those involved in its discovery and aftermath. A new review of the witnesses at Roswell reveals that many were in fact driven to drink by the sight of the unearthly.

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