Oh my!!! My family has been in Roswell for 3 generations although most have now moved away. I never heard one word about no stinkin' spacecraft my whole life until I went to college. Then I found out our ranch was supposedly the landing site. I could not wait to ask my Grandparents what they know about it. I was all ready for "Well Coral, remember that part of the barn we never let you go to. Well, that's where we hid the aliens"

. Nope I got nothing!
I have stated this before but here is my take on the whole "Roswell Incident".
My Mom said that her Aunts hired hands kept telling her they saw something in the sky 2 nights before this. It really scared them, although I do not think she saw anything.
The night of whatever crashed it was lightning and storming. To ranchers in NM (think dry desert) lightning means possible fires so my Grandfather was watching very carefully. He did not see anything. Also since I know the land so well I know the Army caravan would have had to go 10 miles down a dirt road and right by the front of our house. There is NO WAY it would go unnoticed. Also the "spot" is a few miles from the nearest road. Very rough hilly terrain. So all that lends itself to think nothing happened.
On the other hand..... if it was on the 2nd site we would not have seen anything. It's about 10 miles away. Also some people I knew my whole life and trusted had a direct role in the whole capture thing so back to who knows!
I do know Roswell has certainly made the most of it.