The connection between the long-standing UFO mystery in America and the world of cryptocurrencies has led to Bitcoin being held in Roswell, the capital of the American state of New Mexico.
In this regard, on-chain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence has clearly drawn attention to the entity holding 0.173. $BTCworth $13,312.52. The timing and location of this event appears to have sparked debate about whether aliens may be secretly amassing a hoard of Bitcoin.
Roswell’s UFO legacy reimagined through Bitcoin
Roswell attracted worldwide attention in 1947 when the U.S. Air Force released a report stating that it had discovered a “flying saucer” near Roswell. This report, published on July 8, 1947, sparked rumors of an alien spaceship crash.
The military later denied their claims, explaining that the object was simply part of a weather balloon. Decades of eyewitness claims, secret documents, and mysterious metal debris keep the story of Roswell alive.
This helped the city become a hotspot for UFO conspiracy theorists. In fact, the city’s logo itself taps into this extraterrestrial context, one that crypto fans can’t ignore given recent Bitcoin transactions.
Last year, the City of Roswell became the first U.S. municipality to formally establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve through donations. The first seed donation deposited on April 29, 2025 contained 3,050,323 Satoshis, equivalent to 0.0305. $BTC Worth approximately $2,906.
Aliens are buying Bitcoin
The city of Roswell, New Mexico is the site of a famous UFO crash in 1947. The US Army Air Force has announced that it has a “flying saucer” that many believe is an alien spacecraft.
Today, that same city has $133,000 in assets. $BTC What I received as a donation… pic.twitter.com/u2mn9rWL58
— Arkham (@arkham) May 26, 2026
Subsequent anonymous donations increased the balance to 0.173 $BTC. Donations will appear as deposits from a variety of Bitcoin addresses, including regular retail wallets and those associated with services like Robinhood.
city’s arkham The profile features a customized avatar that combines extraterrestrial imagery with the Roswell Cosmicon logo. The first donation was signed by Julianna Halverson of the Mayor’s Pro Team and Bitcoin enthusiast Guy Malone.
The Arkham dashboard shows that the reserves are maintained on the Bitcoin blockchain and there are no outflows. The graph showing the balance over time shows a continuous increase since mid-2025, indicating that the current total market value is driven by Bitcoin price appreciation, rather than municipal purchases.
Roswell passes groundbreaking 10-year HODL ordinance
According to reports, Roswell’s management of Bitcoin is regulated by highly restrictive local ordinances that prohibit the quick sale of these digital currencies. All Bitcoin donations must be held for at least 10 years.
Once the value of the fund exceeds $1 million, the city can only spend up to 21 percent of the fund each year. Such expenditures may occur once every five years. The use of Bitcoin reserves is strictly limited to two purposes: helping seniors pay their water bills and funding disaster relief efforts.
This announcement caused a lot of discussion on crypto forums. Arkham’s blog post asks provocative questions such as: $BTC Are you possessed by extraterrestrial life forms? ”
This prompted a number of comments suggesting that those who first visited in 1947 may have returned and diversified into Bitcoin. Another interesting thing to note is the irony that the city known for hiding weather balloons as aliens is now collecting Bitcoins under the table. Coindelici, A Turkish cryptocurrency analyst has found a way to spin this story into an interesting story, pointing out that even though these are donated coins, they have become a meme in the cryptocurrency community.
Do UFOs (now officially called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) exist?
The Department of Defense established the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022 to study UAPs in an evidence-based manner. AARO’s Historical Record Report Volume 1, published in 2024, states that after more than 80 years of investigation by various government agencies, there is no empirical evidence to support the extraterrestrial origin theory of the UAP incident or the recovery and reverse engineering of alien spacecraft by the United States.
On February 21, 2026, President Donald Trump issued a directive ordering various government agencies to declassify all documents related to UAPs/UFOs and other matters related to extraterrestrial life. Pursuant to this directive, the Department of Defense (through its website war.gov/ufo) published Multiple batches of papers and videos (first batch released on May 8, 2026, second batch on May 22, 2026).
