European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 stars and stripes july 2007 aliens Are Welcome sceptics Are by Mark Evans the associated press if you truly believe a ufos and its Crew of bugeye aliens came crashing Down Here 60 years rest assured youre not at least people descended on Roswell this weekend for the 2007 amazing Roswell ufos festival to commemorate a Pur ported flying Saucer crash on a nearby ranch in july participants filled hotel rooms and nearly doubled the Southeast Ern new Mexico towns Popula Tion for a few the which began is a mixed bag that includes live concerts one head lined by a band with a compute regenerated alien costume a main Street Parade and a slew of lectures that Ponder such things As body snatchers and what does Nasa really know the festival emerged in the 1990s to spark debate about the purported flying Saucer which the government says was a to secret weather be Lievers in the Roswell incident say the government is conspiring to hide the truth about the events of that Day More the existence of extraterrestrial Al of said he want sure what happened Back but came to the Festi Val to learn he was nestled into a seat at a convention Center eager to hear a talk on ufos files from the us and government surveillance of Fol his sat visibly less she was wait ing for the festival to be Over so the couple could move on to the next leg of their vacation in Sedo i didst come for the carnival i came to listen to the Al Dooley i wanted to hear what serious and educated discussion there although Hes not certain whether an alien Craft crashed he might have seen one him self in 1968 or he the cites convention Center was swarming with vendors hawking trinkets and photo Ops with costumed psychic readings and a kit to test whether your neighbor or Boss is from outer Many peddled their dds or artwork of All things Chase a Singer and was signing autographs for fans who remembered her role As Leeta on several episodes of Star trek deep space the festival was being organized for the first time by the City of after the local ufos museum hosted it for More than a mayor Sam Lagrone said he was happily surprised by the turn out and the economic boost it would give the Ive never seen so Many cars in he Mark Roswell daily two aliens pose in front of imagine that scrapbooks on main Street in downtown on Roswell leaders balk at aiming for new Levels of crazy by Tim Korte the associated press sixty years after toothpick imbed Green aliens allegedly crashed in the new Mexico desert leaving Little but paranoia in their Wake Roswell embraces the to a a Mcdonalds mimics a a Wall of Walmart displays a Large rendering of a Green a Bys restaurant is hospitable aliens reads the big sign out the City draws thousands of enthusiasts to its annual ufos which runs this but when it comes to support for space it seems that the sky is not the Gene Frazier and Thomas Armstrong have a dream Earth station a million resort and conference Center for ufos enthusiasts featuring a concert an exhibit Fine Din Jake a sign welcomes aliens to an arbs in ing a 400seat theater and lecture an re Lagoon style swimming Pool and a massive underground parking the Anchor would be the a 75foot 300room hotel that Frazier Calls the worlds largest replica of a flying there had already been like Julie director of the International ufos museum and re search who questioned whether ufos exploitation had gone too greed and ego Are rampant among the ufos Field and among everybody who is trying to capitalize on she shaking her now the resort proposal and another by City officials to build a of themed amusement com plete with an indoor roller coaster that would take passengers on a simulated alien abduction have fun eled some talk How much should Roswell exploit its Little Green men any time you talk aliens or the youre going to get a divided says City planner Zach each the museum greets visitors from All 50 states and 35 countries million since its according to one it generates million in indirect spending each year for the City of were beginning to says Brian Lewis of paso passing through Roswell recently with his if the real conspiracy is to draw in All the in there Are aliens there on refrigerator socks and they play Drums and guitars a the ple adeans in a music store window Dis there Are shirt gift boutiques and even an army themed a former Dennys called the coverup cafe All the recipes Are be one of the would be developers of Earth station recently opened planet an outlet store for Roswell gear jackets and other the target Arm Strong is anybody who likes Star trek and the Sci i just a Normal Small town Julie Shuster grew up in i dont want to make it sound like Mayberry or the Donna Reed but we were never inside in the she you knew Good lord forgive you if you Ever got in trouble because your parents knew about it before you got folks never talked about the ufos Shusters Walter played a Small part in All As the Public information lieu tenant at Roswell army air he was ordered by a colonel to Issue the july news re lease disclosing the recovery of a flying disk at a the next higher ranking officers said the debris came from a weather balloon that but 30 years an army officer who took part in the recovery of the debris came for Ward to assert that it had been from an alien the air Force then disclosed it had been part of an Effort to Moni Tor soviet Era nuclear but that Story never satisfied be Lievers who advanced tales of alien bodies recovered in the the associated press got stories senile your ideas to o e
