1942: The United States unveils Project Liberator, announcing America’s Super Hero, Silver Star.
1947: The Roswell Incident. A flying object crash lands near Roswell, New Mexico. The US Government declares that it was a weather balloon.
1963: The first mutant is born, though knowledge of her abilities are not discovered until later.
1976: The first mutant’s abilities awaken and make headlines, though major scientists deny the existence of mutants.
1978: Retired Air Force officer Jesse Marcel reveals that the weather balloon story for the Roswell Incident had been a cover-up. He speculates the debris is of extraterrestial origins but the US Government denies the claims.
1979: The first academic paper on mutants is published, coins the term Homo superior.
1980: Ronald Reagan is elected president.
1981: Current Year.