I'm surprised none of us made it there

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Post by Ron Caliburn »

True believers flock to Roswell, N.M., for 60th anniversary of alien 'crash' wrote:By Mark Evans


ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - If you truly believe a UFO and its crew of bug-eyed aliens came crashing down here 60 years ago, rest assured: You're not alone.


At least 35,000 people have descended on Roswell this weekend for the 2007 Amazing Roswell UFO Festival to commemorate a purported flying saucer crash on a nearby ranch in July 1947. Participants have filled hotel rooms and nearly doubled the southeastern New Mexico town's population for a few days.


The festival, which began Thursday, is a mixed bag that includes live concerts (one headlined by a band with a computer-generated 'alien' drummer), costume contests, a Main Street parade and a slew of lectures that ponder everything from body snatchers to "What Does NASA Really Know?"


The festival emerged in the 1990s to spark debate about the purported flying saucer crash, which the government says was a top-secret weather balloon. Believers in the Roswell Incident say the government is conspiring to hide the truth about the events of that day and, more broadly, the existence of extraterrestrial life.


Al Dooley, 59, of Seattle, said he wasn't sure what happened back then, but came to the festival to learn more. He was nestled into a seat at a convention center auditorium, eager to hear a talk on "UFO Files from the UK and Government Surveillance of Ufologists."


His wife Nancy sat nearby, visibly less interested. She was waiting for the festival to be over so the couple could move on to the next leg of their vacation in Sedona, Ariz.


"I didn't come for the carnival atmosphere. I came to listen to the speakers," Al Dooley said. "I wanted to hear what serious and educated discussion there is."


Although he's not certain whether an alien craft crashed here, he might have seen one himself in 1968 or 1969, he said.


Michael, who plays guitar in a rock band called Element 115 and doesn't use his last name, said he doesn't merely believe the crash happened. "I KNOW it," he said, as he handed out a business card.


Michael said he hoped Element 115 would one day be the house band for a huge theme park being debated here - featuring amusement rides, a concert hall and a 300-room hotel that looks like a flying saucer.


"I want to help them with that," he said. "I see millions and millions of dollars in this place - they just need to know how to market it right."


The city's convention center was swarming with vendors hawking trinkets and dolls, photo ops with costumed aliens, psychic readings and a kit to test whether your neighbor or boss is from outer space. Many peddled their books, DVDs or artwork of all things otherworldly.


Chase Masterson, a singer and actress, was signing autographs for fans who remembered her role as Leeta on several episodes of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."


"I am having a very interesting time exploring the theories that are set forth here," she said. "Some are completely outrageous but some are very intriguing."




The festival was being organized for the first time by the city of Roswell, after the local UFO museum hosted it for more than a decade.


Mayor Sam LaGrone said he was happily surprised by the turnout - and the economic boost it would give the city.

"I've never seen so many cars in town," he said.

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Post by Shadowstalker »

They will believe in aliens but not the supernatureal?
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Post by GhostSpider »

Aliens from other planets are easier to believe in than bug-eyed monsters from other dimensions.

Bug-eyed monsters? Well, i'm one of those things.
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Post by Shadowstalker »

We Know.
To find the darkness you have walk in the shadows.
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Post by concrete_Angel »

Sure you're not both?
You traded in your wings
For everything freedom brings
You never left me
You never let me
See what this feeling means

Everything that you feel
Is everything that I feel
So when we dream
We shout....
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Post by GhostSpider »

Little girls shouldn't ask monsters to prove what they really are.
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Post by concrete_Angel »

I've seen worse than you in the stalls at Grand Central Station.
You traded in your wings
For everything freedom brings
You never left me
You never let me
See what this feeling means

Everything that you feel
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So when we dream
We shout....
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Post by Sasha »

concrete_Angel wrote:I've seen worse than you in the stalls at Grand Central Station.
That's when you know you're drunk :P

Oh wait, I think I get it. :lol:
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Post by Natasha »

I just violently shivered. :?
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Post by Shadowstalker »

Because of Angel's comment or Sasha's, or both?
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Post by Sasha »

Probably mine.

I've got stories...
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Post by Shadowstalker »

I kind of figured that, you may have to tell a few of them.
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Post by Sasha »

We'll see :)
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Post by Shadowstalker »

Your right, I get the feeling we would need an age restricted area here first.
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Post by Sasha »

For starters :P
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Post by concrete_Angel »

Sasha wrote:
concrete_Angel wrote:I've seen worse than you in the stalls at Grand Central Station.
That's when you know you're drunk :P


How did you know?
You traded in your wings
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You never left me
You never let me
See what this feeling means

Everything that you feel
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So when we dream
We shout....
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Post by Sasha »

That is how you get the truly strange in the stalls. :)
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Post by concrete_Angel »

And yet, still more charismatic than bluebell anyday. :D
You traded in your wings
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So when we dream
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Post by Sasha »

Thanks! (I think)
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Post by concrete_Angel »

Not referring to you, Sasha.
You traded in your wings
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You never left me
You never let me
See what this feeling means

Everything that you feel
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So when we dream
We shout....
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Post by Sasha »

Ah, the spew...
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Post by Natasha »

Russian public loos are disgusting by nature. In fact it might even be a law that they must be disgusting.
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Post by Ron Caliburn »

I went to Grand Central Station once - I'm never allowed back.
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Post by Shadowstalker »

I am afraid to ask.
To find the darkness you have walk in the shadows.
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Post by Natasha »

I'm not afraid to ask, just not sure I want to ask :)
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Post by Shadowstalker »

Ok Consider the question asked?
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Post by Ron Caliburn »

Wasn't a fun time . . . I had to do a little jail time for messing with the trains - but I stopped the gremlin.
Ain't nuthin' that can't die.

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Post by Natasha »

I can say I am not looking forward to ever meeting a gremlin again. DarKnyht saved me from them and I really do not want to go through that again.
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Post by Kolya »

Gremlins in train stations? Brutal.

They are among the toughest to root out in my opinion.
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Post by concrete_Angel »

Ron Caliburn wrote:Wasn't a fun time . . . I had to do a little jail time for messing with the trains - but I stopped the gremlin.


That was you? I read about that. Didn't they think it was terrorists?
You traded in your wings
For everything freedom brings
You never left me
You never let me
See what this feeling means

Everything that you feel
Is everything that I feel
So when we dream
We shout....
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