One of the most amazing, and mysterious, stories of the 20^th century. Though legend has it that the foil referred to as “tin” foil was later replaced by “aluminum” foil, this is not based in fact. We need to go back to 1947, to a little town called Roswell to get at the truth.

Most have heard the story of the UFO crash near Corona, New Mexico on the evening of July 2nd, 1947. The next day, William “Mac” Brazel and his neighbor, Dee Proctor (age 7 years), found the remains of this crashed saucer. The military base near Roswell was contacted, and within twenty-four hours, the misinformation began flowing. The official story was “weather balloon.”

And here begins one of the greatest cover-ups of all time, the essence of cover up in fact — an attempt to conceal evidence of embarrassing information by people in authority to avoid detection. Embarrassing? You bet! Reynolds aluminum and the myth of modern technology have a lot to answer for in the quest to take credit for developing this, in the truest sense, universally common material.

From historical records and testimony, this is what occurred shortly after the crash:

In July 1947, Major Jesse Marcel, head of intelligence at an Army base located at Roswell, New Mexico, was sent to visit a nearby ranch to inspect a purported crash of an unidentified object. After inspecting the site, Marcel stopped at home to show his family what he had discovered. His son, Jesse Jr., just 11 years old at the time, vividly remembers his father’s excitement, and seeing and handling a foil-like material that was scattered around the wreckage. It was shiny and paper thin.

We can finally know the truth. And here is stark, photographic evidence of man’s introduction to what we now call “tin foil.” To the right we see Major Jesse Marcel holding a large segment of this material for cameras shortly after the crash. Not enough in-your-face proof? To the lower left is another photo of two military officers displaying what would become one of the most important metals of the last sixty years!

Both of these men later became the heads of the aluminum manufacturing industry. You can almost see the expression of corporate zeal in their eyes.

This begs the question, where does today’s “tin foil” come from? This is the most amazing part of the story, the icing on the cake. Area 51, that highly restricted area in southeastern Nevada where the saucer wreckage was transported after the crash, is actually a vast manufacturing center! That’s right, and the photos below show the complex of buildings where the world’s supply of this metal is processed and distributed.

All the UFO sightings that the government unsuccessfully attempts to discredit? These are transport ships, moving the raw material from one planet to another. The photo on the right shows a large container craft in detail. You wonder what kind of devil’s deal our leaders made with these savvy marketers from an alien world. Whatever it was, you can be certain money and power were involved!