Associated Press

An American non-profit news agency. The Associated Press has been instrumental in disseminating UFO news globally since the beginning of the modern era. It was the AP wire that first broadcast the US Army Air Forces' press release about capturing a 'flying saucer' at Roswell in 1947, instantly making it a global news story.

The primary news wire service that distributed the original 1947 Roswell 'flying disc' press release to the world.