VICE meets up with Joe Nickell, a longtime paranormal investigator who’s been called the real-life Scully. We travel with him to Roswell, NM on the anniversary of the 1947 UFO Crash to talk to believers, skeptics and UFO witnesses alike to see if the truth is really out there.

UFO sightings have been on the rise since the 1940s, with thousands reported every year -- but is alien existence all a figment of our imagination?