Word: ufo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wright brothers' invention was perfected, the blimp has spent the past 30 years as the lofty billboard of the Goodyear Corp. Now, for a fee of $200,000 a month, such companies as Alta-Vista and Russell Stover are causing dozens of jumpy citizens to call FAA with UFO sightings. Eleven blimps are flying somewhere around the country, and there will be 13 by 1998. That's almost double the blimpage of a year ago. Most of them are made by the American Blimp Corp. of Hillsboro, Ore., which has designed a blimpette, that is, one so small...
...other end of the spectrum, which in San Francisco is the breadth of the Milky Way, Erik Beckjord has formed Drivers Against Bicycle Anarchy. He says drivers will use, if necessary, "the Club, tire irons, pepper spray and baseball bats" as weapons. In saner moments, Beckjord runs the UFO and Bigfoot Museum. Honest...
...radio station near Sedona, Ariz., reports a 20-mile UFO--unconfirmed, as usual; the Dow is rallying, as usual...
...Arizona state police confirm the presence of a UFO. It has landed, and aliens are trying to communicate. The rally pauses briefly...
...airs the first photos. A gauntlet of exterior ray guns is visible, and the UFO is presumed hostile. The Dow is up 500, led by defense contractors, security and firearms companies, and any that bottle or can food and drink...