Texas UFOs gain international attention

Published: Jan. 17, 2008 at 12:07 PM

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Dozens of reported UFO sightings in Stephenville, Texas, have sparked massive media attention worldwide and the town is having fun with it.

Top searches on Yahoo! Wednesday included UFO images and have been the subject of many blogs, chat room conversations, scientific debates and jokes about Texas sightings, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported.

"It's amazing how this has taken on an international profile," Kenneth Cherry, president of the Mutual UFO Network in Texas, said.

High school students in the town reportedly have been making T-shirts bearing the likeness of extraterrestrials, while a car dealership posted a sign that said it would take UFOs for trade-ins.

Reporters from Stephenville have said the town's residents are having a good time with the UFO sightings.

"Once again the media is not taking this seriously and that makes it difficult to investigate," UFO expert Dennis Balthaser told the Star-Telegram.

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