THE U-F-O MUSEUM HAS
BEEN CLOSED FOR MORE
THAN FIVE MONTHS.
AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ATTRACTIONS IN THE TOWN
REOPENS... IT
SHOWS HOW MUCH THE
PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED
THE ECONOMY OF
ROSWELL.
NEWS 13'S COREY KING HAS
MORE.
when they said we could
reopen, oh my god, my
spirit just soured,
everybody, we where just
so happy.
THE UFO MUSEUM IN
ROSWELL FINALLY REOPENED
ITS DOORS TO VISITORS
AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR
MONTHS. VISITORS WERE SO
HAPPY
THEY COULD GO SOMEWHERE
AFTER THE GOVERNOR EASED
THE
RESTRICTIONS TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER LAST
WEEK. MUSEUM STAFFTOLD
US THAT WHILE THEY WHERE
CLOSED THEY HAD ALOT OF
PEOPLE REACH OUT AND
SHOW SUPPORT.
well thrilled actually
and alot of people have
come here and well said
we're gunna stop back,
and they did stop back,
alot of people did stop
back.
THE MUSEUM SAID THEY
HAVE SLOWLY STARTED
SEEING MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE VISITING THE
MUSEUM SINCE THEY
REOPENED.
our numbers have been
kinda i don't know
funny, you can probably
average about 200 people
per day.
THE ROSWELL ECONOMY TOOK
A HIT FROM THE SINCE
PANDEMIC. THERE HAVE
BEEN LESS PEOPLE FROM
THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
COMING
THROUGH TOWN. ALSO THE
BIGGEST EVENT OF THE
YEAR, THE U-F-O FESTIVAL
WAS CANCELED.
DOWNTOWN SHOP OWNERS SAY
THE OPENING OF THE U-F-O
MUSEUM IS
BRINGING MORE TRAFFIC TO
THEIR STORES.
i didn't know it was
open, if it was open
since monday, i haven't
really seen a bigger
influx of people. but
then i
don't think that alot of
people know that it was
open, like i didn't know
it and i'm local.
SKIP COOKE SAYS HE HOPES
MORE PEOPLE COME TO
DOWNTOWN AND
SHOP ROSWELL. HE HAS
ALREADY CLOSED ONE STORE
SINCE THE START OF
THE PANDEMIC.
COREY KING KRQE NEWS 13
THE MUSEUM SAYS IT'S
OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 9
A-M TO 5 P-M... ALTHOUGH
IT'S
RESTRICTED TO 25 PERCENT
CAPACITY.
SOCIAL DISTANCING IS
REQUIRED... AND STAFF IS
CONSTANTLY
CLEANING THE FACILTIY.
IT'S A MYSTERY THAT NOW
HAS FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
STILL TO COME -- HEAR
