ADT-Monitored Home Security Service in Roswell, NM

Roswell is a city in, and the chair of, Chaves County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Chaves County forms the entirety of the Roswell micropolitan area. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 48,422, making it the fifth-largest city in New Mexico. It is house of the New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), founded in 1891. The city is as well as the location of an Eastern New Mexico University campus. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles northeast of the city on the Pecos River. Bottomless Lakes State Park is located 12 miles (19 km) east of Roswell upon US 380.

The Roswell incident was named after the town, though the wreck site of the alleged UFO was some 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell and closer to Corona. The laboratory analysis and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. On the 50th anniversary of the Roswell UFO incident the UFO Festival was started.

In the 1930s, Roswell was a site for much of Robert H. Goddard’s forward rocketry work. The Roswell Museum and Art Center maintains an exhibit that includes a recreation of Goddard’s rocket engine proceed workshop. One of the town tall schools, Goddard High School, is named after Robert H. Goddard.