Monday, April 24, 2017

My Favorite Martian



SYRACUSE — Why have sightings of unidentified flying objects around the nation more than tripled since 2001? Why is July the busiest month for U.F.O. sightings? Why did they spike in Texas in 2008, or in New Mexico in September 2015?
And how in the world, or out of it, has Manhattan racked up New York State’s second-highest tally of U.F.O. sightings in this century?
These questions and many others emerge from the first comprehensive statistical summary of so-called close encounters: 121,036 eyewitness accounts, organized county by county in each state and the District of Columbia, from 2001 to 2015.
From a story by Ralph Blumenthal

Martians in the Midwest; Selenites upon the shore --
The outer space contingent has arrived; and what is more,
The Feds don’t want to hear it, since the Condon papers broke
The government’s slight int’rest -- now they treat it like a joke.
The Condons, though, have toted up the numbers -- and they show
That aliens from Betelgeuse vacation here below.
Their numbers are increasing -- and it’s wiser not to grouse.
Because I think we’ve got one now ensconced in the White House!

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