Roswell

Roswell, New Mexico. 1947. We all know the story. Or we think we all know it. A UFO crash lands in the American town of Roswell. The official story? It was an American aircraft test fail that eventually led to the revelation of Area 51. The popular story? Aliens. Not much elaboration needed there. The truth? Well it could be found in the past, rather than in the skies.

In 1942, Adolf Hitler commissioned the best engineers Nazi Germany had to offer to build a fleet of aircrafts to defeat the Allied Forces. But the construction of these aircrafts was not solely for the purpose of taking to the sky. Die Glocken, as they were called, were time machines.

By early 1945, it was clear that the Nazis weren’t going to win the war. Proof? Hitler chose to ragequit his life. But Herr Dönitz, the lucky Nazi to inherit a losing battle, had hope that he could lead the Germans to victory with the fruits of the secret weapon that Hitler had already sewn seeds for. Even after the end of the war, the time machines would be their true last hope.

Fortunately for the Nazis, Dönitz was able to see at least one time machine fully prepared before the end of the war. Acting quickly, not even three weeks following his predecessor’s death, he ordered for the flight of Die Glocke. His plan wasn’t simple, but Hail Maries never were. Die Glocke was to travel forward in time, tackling the Allied Forces where they would least expect it, the future.

Two years after the end of the Second World War, the world heard of the first UFO crash. The reality was of course that the mission of Die Glocke had been a failure. Let’s just hope it was the only one sent to the future. That’s enough time travel for one human history.