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Roswell incident The Roswell incident was an event that occurred in 1947, pertaining to the recovery of mundane metallic and rubber debris from a military balloon that crashed near Corona, New Mexico by United States Army Air Forces officers from Roswell Army ...

Places in the United States

Roswell, Colorado Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs and a 19th-century railroad junction. The town was located at roughly the present intersection of Fillmore Stre ...

, a former settlement now part of Colorado Springs *

Roswell, Georgia Roswell is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. At the official 2010 census, the city had a population of 88,346. The 2020 estimated population was 94,884, making Roswell the state's ninth largest city. A close suburb of Atla ...

, a suburb of Atlanta *

Roswell, Idaho Roswell is an unincorporated community in Canyon County in the U.S. state of Idaho. Roswell is located 2 mi (3.2 km) south of Parma. Founded in 1889, it was named by and for an early settler and school teacher who dreamed of founding a ...

Roswell, New Mexico Roswell () is a city in, and the County seat, seat of, Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Chaves County forms the entirety of the List of micropolitan areas in New Mexico, Roswell micropolitan area. As of ...

, known for the purported 1947 UFO incident (see other uses below) *

Roswell, Ohio Roswell is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 219 at the 2010 census. Geography Roswell is located at (40.474683, -81.350187). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , ...

* Roswell, South Dakota

People

Roswell Beebe Roswell Beebe (1795 – September 27, 1856) was an American politician, business executive, and real estate purveyor during the early 19th century. Serving as president of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, Roswell Beebe was an important figure in the ...

(1795–1856), American railroad executive; mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas *

Roswell L. Colt Roswell Lyman Colt (1779-1856) was an American businessman who made a fortune in the shipping industry, served for decades as governor of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, and was an early railroad executive. Colt's parents were Pe ...

(1779–1856), American businessman *

Roswell Farnham Roswell Farnham (July 23, 1827January 5, 1903) was an American politician of the Republican Party, an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a lawyer, and the 38th governor of Vermont. Biography Farnham was born in Boston, Mass ...

(1827–1903), Governor of Vermont *

Roswell P. Flower Roswell Pettibone Flower (August 7, 1835May 12, 1899) was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. He also served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891. Biography He was bo ...

(1835–1899), US congressman, and Governor of New York *

Roswell Gilpatric Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (November 4, 1906 – March 15, 1996) was a New York City corporate attorney and government official who served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1961–64, when he played a pivotal role in the high-stake strategie ...

(1906–1996), American lawyer and politician *

Roswell King Roswell King (May 3, 1765 – February 15, 1844) was an American enslaver, plantation manager, businessman, planter, and industrialist. Together with his son, Barrington King, he founded Roswell Manufacturing Company in the Georgia Piedmont, establ ...

(1765–1844) was an American businessman, planter and industrialist *

Roswell Park (surgeon) Roswell Park (May 4, 1852 – February 15, 1914) was an American physician, best known for starting Gratwick Research Laboratory in 1898, which is now known as Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1900, the Gratwick family of Buffalo help ...

(1852–1914), American physician * Roswell A. Parmenter (1821–1904), New York politician *

Roswell B. Rexford Roswell Burrows Rexford (November 29, 1842 – February 7, 1913) was an American politician in Michigan. On November 8, 1854, Rexford was elected to the Michigan Senate where he represented the 11th district from January 3, 1855 to December 31 ...

, Michigan politician * Roswell S. Ripley (1823–1887), Confederate Army general *

Roswell Rudd Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college), and other genres of musi ...

(1935–2017), American musician * Roswell Weston (1774–1861), New York politician and judge * Roswell Williams, pseudonym of

Frank Owen (author) Frank Owen (1893–1968) was an American author, novelist and anthologist. He wrote 10 novels in the 1930s under the pseudonym Roswell Williams, a name which is sometimes erroneously listed as his real name. Owen is best known for his orient ...

(1893–1968), American novelist *

Maggie Roswell Maggie Roswell is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer from Los Angeles, California. She is well known for her voice work on the Fox network's animated television series ''The Simpsons'', in which she has played recurring characters ...

(born 1952), American actress

In culture and fiction

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Roswell High ''Roswell High'' is a young adult book series written by Melinda Metz and published by Pocket Books. The ten-book series chronicles the adventures of three teen aliens and their human friends, who attend the fictional Ulysses F. Roswell High in Ro ...

'', a young adults book series written by Melinda Metz ** ''Roswell'' (TV series), a 1999 TV series about a group of aliens ** ''Roswell, New Mexico'' (TV series), a 2019 TV series about a group of aliens * ''Roswell'' (film), a 1994 television film about the Roswell UFO incident, sometimes called ''Roswell: The UFO Cover-up'' * '' Stargate SG-1: Roswell'', a 2007 novel by Sonny Whitelaw and Jennifer Fallon * ''

Roswell, Little Green Man ''Roswell, Little Green Man'' was a Bongo Comics series created by Bill Morrison. It was nominated for four Eisner Awards. The series debuted in 1996 and ran for six issues. In an interview with ''Neatorama'', Morrison said, "''Roswell, Little G ...

'', a comic book series * "

Roswell That Ends Well "Roswell That Ends Well" is the 19th episode in the third season of the American animated television series ''Futurama''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 9, 2001. The plot centers on an accidental time tra ...

", an episode of ''Futurama'' * ''

Roswell, Texas ''Roswell, Texas'' is a serialized, online graphic novel which started in 2006 and was completed early in 2008. It appeared in installments on the web site of Big Head Press. Written by science fiction novelist L. Neil Smith with Rex F. May (b ...

'', a serialized, online graphic novel

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Roswell High School (New Mexico) Roswell High School (RHS) is a public senior high school in Roswell, New Mexico. It is a part of the Roswell Independent School District. Established in 1913, it is the oldest public high school in the city. The colors of RHS are: Dark Crimson R ...

, a school in Roswell, New Mexico *

Roswell High School (Georgia) Roswell High School (RHS) is a public high school in Roswell, Georgia, United States which opened in 1949. It serves the entire city of Roswell west of Georgia State Route 400 and the city of Mountain Park, as well as small portions of Alphare ...

, a school in the city of Roswell, Georgia *

Roswell International Air Center Roswell Air Center (Roswell International Air Center; Roswell Industrial Air Center) is an airport south of Roswell, New Mexico, Roswell, in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. History The airport was Roswell Army Airfield during World ...

, an airport in Roswell, New Mexico * Roswell springsnail, a species of freshwater snails *

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded by surgeon Roswell Park in 1898, the center was the first in the United States to specifically focus on cancer research. The ...

, a cancer hospital in Buffalo, New York * Roswell Recreation and Parks, a municipal department in Roswell, Georgia

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