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LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- British bookmakers say they've lowered odds that "aliens exist" following news reports that Winston Churchill ordered a coverup of a World War II UFO sighting.
U.K. betting shops slashed the odds that either Prime Minister David Cameron or U.S. President Barack Obama would admit the existence of aliens within a year from 100-1 down to 80-1, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
One British company reported a surge of people willing to wager on whether there was extraterrestrial life after claims were published that Churchill ordered the coverup out of fear of public panic and loss of faith in religion.
"We have had loads of calls. There are thousands of believers out there many of whom are putting their money on an imminent announcement," a spokesman for the William Hill odds-making outfit said.
Churchill is said to have given the order to cover up an alleged sighting of a UFO by a British bomber crew during a secret meeting with U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower in America in the latter part of the war.
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