An ex-soldier has spoken out for the first time about a mass UFO sighting near Roswell, in which he says another 500 military personnel witnessed multiple UFOs in the New Mexico desert. The man, who is yet to be named, broke a 44-year silence over the incident and reported it to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) – the officially recognised body for UFO sightings. Humansarefree.com reports: In claims made last week he said the mysterious five hour-long event will haunt him until he dies. The veteran said in July 1971 he was in the US Army Air Defence Unit, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, when they were sent on “military manouvres” in the New Mexico desert, west of Roswell. Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since in July 1947 the military sensationally announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the desert nearby. But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon. Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the “crashed craft”, which along with the wreckage were then taken to the [...]