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I also went to McCormick school in 1956. We lived just north of the old Bloomfield Highway bridge. We were supposed to go to the mid town school but it was too far so we lied to the McCormick school board about the address.
I was gone in 1957 so didn't see ant fly over. I did see a B-36 fly very low over low in 1955. I was living at that time North of Main st near the Allan Theatre. There was a grocery store on the west corner across from the old hotel. We lived behind the hotel and vfw hall.
I moved back there in 1973 and left for my current job in 1977.
I've been to the Bolack Square D Ranch for the San Juan Wildlife Federation dinner and saw his trophies.

As for Roswell...
When they closed the base we were sent to Little Rock. While there one of the men I worked with started telling me a tale of how a B-52 radio'ed in it had a glowing mass on it's front radome(nose cone). When it landed it was parked next to my friend's B-52 and it was immediatly surrounded by APES (what we used to call the Air Police, now Security police) with machineguns and other interesting firepower.
What ever was there then detached itself and flew off.
I did not see it. I had worked the early and was then off duty and asleap. I later asked the other man who saw it and he immediatly clammed up and just said "wasn't nothing."
The squadrom commander talked to all on duty and saw it happen. His words were simple. "You men did not see what you just saw." I ve never heard any more about it.

I regret the day I left NM.