title: The Illusion of Roswell
author:  James Phillips 
description: James "Iyouboushi" Phillips is a computer geek who is probably better known for having programmed the Kaiou Battle Bot and Kon the C# Chatterbot. He has always loved to sit down and write stories. His favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction. This is his first novel.
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  # The Roswell Tiara
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Jacques Futrelle
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page copyright © 2003 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
      
  
  Etext from Futrelle.com
  
  
  Had it not been for the personal interest of a fellow savant in the
  
  
  case it is hardly likely that the problem of the Roswell tiara would
  
  
  ever have come to the attention of The Thinking Machine. And had the
  
  
  problem not come to his attention it would inevitably have gone to the
  
  
  police. Then there would have been a scandal in high places, a
  
  
  disrupted home and everlasting unhappiness to at least four persons.
  
  
  Perhaps it was an inkling of this latter possibility that led The
  
  
  Thinking Machine to take initial steps in the solution of a mystery
  
  
  which seemed to have only an obvious ending.
  
  
  When he was first approached in the matter The Thinking Machine was
  
  
  in his small laboratory from which had gone forth truths that shocked
  
  
  and partially readjusted at least three of 