Lexington, Ky., recently started something they call “the world’s first interstellar tourism campaign,” trying to attract extraterrestrials to the city and the Associated Press wrote about it.
Roswell, N.M. has long been a destination for UFO tourism. Mike Rogers, host of “Something Offbeat”, recently spoke with Dennis Balthasar of the International UFO Museum and Research Center about our fascination with extraterrestrial life.
“I think most people that come here are curious,” he said. “They’ve heard of Roswell, don’t know a lot about it. And the job of the museum is not to convince anybody but to present all the information that we have.”
At the museum, people can learn about the mysterious 1947 event near Roswell that has sparked speculation about UFOs. Once a year, people also head to the town for a special UFO event.
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