The Roswell Incident Book Published by Moore and Berlitz
Charles Berlitz and William Moore publish 'The Roswell Incident,' the first book-length treatment of the 1947 Roswell crash. Brings the case to mainstream attention. Dolan discusses Moore's intelligence community connections, suggesting the book's publication may have been facilitated or at least tolerated by insiders wanting to gradually release information.
Background
In 1980, Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore published The Roswell Incident, an early book-length account of the 1947 Roswell narrative. The book drew on interviews, including statements by former Roswell officer Jesse Marcel, as well as contemporary documents and 1947 press coverage. It helped bring Roswell to a broad audience as a UFO case. The publication documents the circulation and presentation of the story, not the crash of an extraterrestrial vehicle or the accuracy of every later recollection.