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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

UFOs terrify Texas town

Aliens from another world travelled millions of light years to visit our planet and, in keeping with their mysterious but remarkably consistent M.O., hovered over a small, rural community, freaking out the locals but otherwise doing nothing in particular. "People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it's the end of times," said one person who saw something he couldn't explain. "It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts." ...read more

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