The park would be known as Alien Apex Resort and could open as early as 2010.
The city has received a$245,000 legislative appropriation, but the park would be privately built and managed.
Businesses have been cashing in on the UFO craze in Roswell for years and even the city's McDonald's and Wal-Mart are UFO and space-themed.
The city is known for the Roswell Incident in 1947. It centers on a purported UFO crash on a nearby ranch, which the military later claimed was a top-secret weather balloon.
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