Did anybody else out there watch The X-Files, back in the day? Tape all the episodes? Talk about it with your friends non-stop? Carry around episode guides instead of school books? No? Guess that was just me, and Daina of course (a long-time X-Phile).
Once I found a friend to swap episodes with, life just couldn't get any better. Until this past summer, of course, when I visited the Roswell UFO Museum.
The basement is a research center...they have books, documents on file, video tapes. It's like being in Mulder's office!
They also have art, to make things pretty.
On the main floor, they have a wall dedicated to the signatures of famous people that visit.
I only had a quick moment to snap this, before getting ushered away for trying to sign next to it:
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| Agent Doggett! He's almost a real X-Files character, and DEFINITELY a real terminator!! |
Above is a map where visitors can stick a pin into their home town. They clear it once a month, but that's still a lot of pins for mid-June!
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| There I am...purple Poughkeepsie! |
One can learn all about the events of the Roswell incident, a real conspiracy back in the 1940's involving a UFO crash. I went in very skeptical, and they do a good job of letting the visitor make up their own mind, but the government did some pretty stupid things trying to keep information contained. Man, some things never change.
I also got to watch some of the movie Fire in the Sky, which was delightful, and see a lot of alien inspired artwork.
Oh...and what's this, at the end? My peeps!
A very good time to be had in Roswell, New Mexico.
~A
2 comments:
I was there a summer and a half ago just a few days prior to landing in New Orleans. Still an X-Files geek, I listen to the audio books and watch episodes regularly. Roswell was interesting but a bit of a one note. The Billy the Kid museum a few hundred miles from Roswell was awesome; did you happen to pass by there? Love your photos, especially Doggett's signature!
-Scott
Hey Scott, thanks for the comment! I did not catch the Billy the Kid museum on this trip, and now sorry to have missed it - but thanks for the tip, and this gives me a reason to go back soon!
Take Care,
Abby
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