Timeline
Written by Damon Moudry (ETAmerican) with additional information by LaneyBug (contribution of several names that were originally unlisted)
| 1903 | James Atherton is born. |
| 1932 | River Dog is born on the Mesaliko Indian Reservation. |
| 1933 | Claudia (maiden name unknown) – Jeff Parker’s mother – Is born.; |
| 1942 | Deputy Owen Blackwood is born on the Mesaliko Indian Reservation. |
| 1947 | Something crashes on a ranch owned by W.W. "Mac" Brazel. |
| A day or two later, Mac drives into Roswell where he reported the incident to Sheriff George Wilcox, who reports it to Intelligence Officer, Major Jesse Marcel of the 509th Bomb Group who quarantines the crash site and removes debris. On July 8, 1947, a press release states that the wreckage of a flying disk has been recovered by the 509th Bomb Group at Roswell, by Col. William Blanchard. Hours later the first press release is rescinded and the second press release states that the 509th Bomb Group had mistakenly identified a weather balloon as wreckage of a flying saucer. (info. courtesy of the real International UFO Museum) | |
| 1951 | Philip Evans is born. – Sheriff James Valenti is born. |
| 1952 | Diane (maiden name unknown) – Evans is born. – Special Agent Stephens (first name unknown) is born. |
| 1955 | Jeff Parker is born. |
| Atherton publishes "Among Us", where he states various theories about the existence of Extra Terrestrials and how contact might be made. | |
| 1957 | Nancy (maiden name unknown) – Parker (Liz’s mother) – Is born. |
| 1958 | Milton Ross – The curator of the UFO Museum is born. |
| 1959 | James Atherton is murdered at age 56 by a close friend known only as NASEDO (Misaliko for "visitor"). |
| Corner’s Office photos reveal a silver hand print on his upper left pectoral muscle. This murder is witnessed by River Dog who stands only a few hundred yards away and can do nothing (according to his account). | |
| 1961 | Amy De Luca is born. |
| 1964 | Special Agent Topolsky is born. |
| 1977 | Philip and Diane Evans marry. |
| 1979 | Jeffery and Nancy Parker marry. |
| 1983 | Kyle Valenti is born. – Maria De Luca is born. – Alex Whitman is born. – Liz Parker is born. |
| 1984 | Jeff Parker opens up the Crashdown Cafe. |
| 1987 | Liz Parker wears the infamous cupcake dress to school in Kindergarten (which Max comments on in the Pilot episode). |
| 1989 | Max and Isabel Evans emerge from incubation pods in the New Mexico desert with the characteristics of six year old human children. |
| They are picked up on the sideof the road by Philip and Diane Evans. Subsequently adopted and raised by the Evans. – Michael Guerin also emerges from incubation, but instead is picked up by Child Welfare and Protective Services. He is placed in foster home after foster home where he currently resides with a single white male (Hank Whitmore) living in a run down trailer park. | |
| 1991 |
Max Evans sees Liz Parker for the first time in third grade. – The international UFO Museum is founded in Roswell. It’s three founders are participants of the actual Roswell incident: Walter Haut, Glenn Dennis, and Max Little. |
| 1992 | Alex Whitman meets Liz Parker in fourth grade. However, they do not become close friends until the next year (fifth grade). |
| 1999 | Liz Parker is shot during an argument at the Crashdown. Max Evans uses his alien powers to heal her, setting off a chain reaction of events that are still unfolding… |
| Claudia – Jeff Parker’s mother – dies in the hospital at age 66 (episode "Leaving Normal") |