UFO festivities taking place in March

ROSWELL - UFO XPO, the Roswell Daily Record, Main Street Roswell and Galacticon have teamed up for festivities taking place on March 10-12. Talks, films, music, cosplay, food and more will take over downtown Roswell for the weekend.

The event will feature conversations with well-known personalities of Ufology, including former military police officer and CIA operative Derrel Sims.

"Come hear amazing stories of UFO/UAP/alien contact. Watch and see the video clips of these tales. Fasten your seat belts ... it's going to be a bumpy ride!" Sims said.

TV host and investigator Ben Hansen is also involved.

"With so much happening in D.C. and efforts from Congress to pressure the government to be more transparent about their involvement in UFO investigations, I'll be talking about the major challenges that still lie ahead," Hansen said.

"We've especially seen an explosion in UFO reports from military and civilian pilots ... I'll be talking about some of the most interesting recent pilot cases that have been reported and what is being done by government agencies to work with private organizations to solve the mystery."

Astronomer and TV personality Marc D'Antonio will be giving a talk on space and extraterrestrial life.

"We are bound to this tiny blue world as all young civilizations are in their early development in the Universe," D'Antonio said. "But how many civilizations might there be out there? Can they have made the long difficult journey to Earth?"