In doing some recent reading on the famous UFO crash incident at Roswell, NM in July 1947, I was reminded that the first official to see the crash wreckage was George A. Wilcox, the Sheriff of Chavas County. I'm curious if any of our Wilcox researchers out there are related to Sheriff George A. Wilcox or have done any research on his ancestral line. To refresh your memory, I'll summarize the connection of George Wilcox and his family to the well publicized incident. Sometime during the first week of July 1947, a local New Mexico rancher, Mac Brazel, while riding in the morning to check his sheep after a night of intense thunderstorms, discovered a considerable amount of unusual debris. It had created a shallow gouge several hundred feet long and was scattered over a large area. Some of the debris had strange physical properties. After taking a few pieces to show his neighbors, Floyd and Loretta Proctor, Brazel drove into Roswell and contacted the Sheriff, George Wilcox. Wilcox called Roswell Army Field (AAF) and talked to Major Jesse Marcel, the Intelligence Officer. For days thereafter, the debris site was closed while the wreckage was cleared. On July 8, 1947 a press release, stating that the wreckage of a crashed disk had been discovered, was issued by the commander of the 509th Bomb Group at Roswell, Col. William Blanchard. George Wilcox's wife's name was Inez. George actually kept a carton of crash debris left by Mac Brazel but was ordered to turn it over to the military, and even his deputies were barred from the crash site. Worse yet, Wilcox and his wife Inez were told by military police that if he ever talked about the incident, his whole family would be killed. Barbara Dugger, the granddaughter of George and Inez, said her grandmother quoted military police as saying if anything was ever said about the incident in any way, "not only would we be killed but they would get the rest of the family". Years later, Inez Wilcox also confided to her granddaughter that a flying saucer had crashed near Roswell. If you want more details about the incident, several books have been written on the subject and a simple internet search for "Wilcox" and "Roswell" will bring up a multitude of informative sites. Connie Wilcox - Wheaton, IL