ROSWELL UFO FESTIVAL ATTRACTS ALIENS FROM EVERYWHERE

Alien people, alien canines, alien children, alien rock bands, alien hunters, were all in attendance at the annual Roswell, New Mexico, UFO Festival 2008. Heck I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Sigourney Weaver and a couple of Jedis walking around. The only thing missing was the real aliens and I’m sure that if they would have turned up, I don’t think anyone would have noticed. They would have blended right in. This gathering, which celebrates and calls attention to the Roswell UFO crash mystery and is held on the anniversary of the crash (it was convenient that the aliens crashed near the 4^th of July), brings UFO enthusiasts from all over into the community for some fun and some seriousness as well. UFO sightings are running rampant lately and there has never been more visual evidence available. Since the popularity of video on cellphones and video cameras, digital cameras, virtually everyone has them at their fingertips, so whenever someone sees something weird, UFO or not, it is getting recorded.  Certainly the prime purpose of all of this is to have fun, and yet there is an undercurrent of seriousness laced with cover-ups and government disinformation. It makes for a strange mix. The attendance was up over 25% for a total of 7216 registered alien enthusiasts. That’s big business for a little town like Roswell especially considering the high price of travel right now. Appearances by celebrity guests Dee Wallace Stone, known for her role in “E.T.,” and Keir Duella, who played the lead role in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” proved to be the biggest hits during the festival. Top researchers and authors presented their work and offered serious lectures on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, as has come to be expected. Between all that there was entertainment, including a band that claims an alien drummer, of course a showing of the movie Roswell, and alien look alike contests including one for dogs. I didn’t know there were alien dogs. The CBS Early Show even showed up and got in on the act, must have been a slow news week. Now if they could only get a spaceship to land.

 

SOME LINKS SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FUN:

http://www.roswellufofestival.com/

http://www.roswell-record.com/main.asp?SectionID=69&TM=8437.657

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