exo@aliencowboyproductions:~/classified$ cat super_top_secret.txt

Which came first, the alien or the cowboy?

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EYEWITNESS COUNTS OF EXO – Tuesday, July 8, 1947 – Roswell, New Mexico
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Three residents of Roswell reported a strange occurrence near [REDACTED] during the middle of night. Oliver, the ranch foreman at [REDACTED], stated that he witnessed an individual fall down to earth from a hundred miles up. The individual landed just outside the fence line, and miraculously stood up unharmed. They were described to be wearing what looked to be a cowboy hat. Skeptics question how someone could fall that far down and not lose their hat. Oliver and the two other residents ran over to check on the individual, but they already hopped on a nearby horse and rode off.

Additional residents have come forward stating they spotted the mysterious cowboy roaming around downtown Roswell near [REDACTED]. They describe the individual to have a sickly green tint to their skin, but no one has been able to get close enough to identify them.

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ORIGIN OF EXO – Ongoing – [REDACTED] Research Laboratory
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HYPOTHESIS A – INTERSTELLAR ORIGIN, VOLUNTARY ADOPTION

The individual, called Exo by Roswell residents, is theorized to have come from a star system in the Andromeda Galaxy over 2.5 million light-years away. It is believed that Exo has spent their alien life surveying the American frontier from afar, learning to adopt the dress, mannerisms, and implements of a 19th century cattle drover. Many believe that Exo decided to land on Earth after longing to be a real cowboy.

HYPOTHESIS B – TERRESTRIAL ORIGIN, INVOLUNTARY ALTERATION

Exo originated as a human cattle drover living in nearby Roswell sometime during the late 1800s, was taken aboard a spacecraft against their will, and returned to Earth only after being successfully transformed into what many would classify as an alien.

Research has not been able to reach a conclusion between Hypothesis A and B.

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MODERN SIGHTINGS – Ongoing – [REDACTED] Research Laboratory
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Modern sightings have been reported since the eyewitness counts in 1947, most notably at amusement parks located in the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes regions of the USA.

Multiple reports from unnamed employees at [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] have stated seeing an individual similar to Exo’s description in restricted areas. It is now suspected the location of modern sightings is not incidental. Eyewitnesses in 1947 described Exo surviving a fall from an estimated hundred miles up, a force their body has never been medically explained as capable of withstanding.

Research theorizes that Exo does not visit these rides for enjoyment, but for conditioning, using the accumulated repetition of high-speed launches and steep drops to maintain whatever physical adaptation first allowed them to survive the original fall.

Several park guests claim to have received a small alien duck figurine directly from a stranger matching Exo’s description 𓅰.

Research is still onging.

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