The "Red Bull Stratos" mission brought attention to Roswell, New Mexico on Sunday, where extreme skydiver Felix Baumgartner landed after breaking the speed of sound with an unprecedented jump.

Baumgartner set three world records on October 14: the fastest freefall, the highgest freefall and the highest manned balloon flight. He jumped from an altitude of 128,097 feet and reached 834.37 mph during a 4:19 minute free fall.

Roswell was the launch site for Baumgartner's mission. Roswell's reputation for mostly sunny weather made it the ideal site for balloon launches. However, the jump had to be postponed two times due to strong winds.

Roswell is mostly known for the "Roswell UFO Incident" in 1947.

A flying disk crashed becoming the subject of intense controversy. UFO researchers allege that the object was an extraterrestrial spacecraft and that aliens were inside the ship and accuse the U.S. Government of a cover up.

In response, the Government said the object was likely debris from a secret Government program called "Project Mogul," and that the alleged bodies of aliens were transformed memories of or hoaxes.

The incident served as inspiration for the UFO museum in Roswell as well as several books including "UFO Crash at Roswell" and "The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell," with accounts from witnesses and conspiracy theories.

However, Roswell is not famous for this controversy. The city also became a hub for aerospace innovation, including Dr. Robert Goddard's research on rocket propulsion, which marked the beginning of the Space Age.

Other advanced investigations took place in New Mexico such as Dr. John Paul Stapp's rocket-sled tests which proved that high-speed ejection was survivable.

Joe Kittinger also set a record for the longest skydive in New Mexico in 1960, which paved the way for space programs.