| "SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - A number of Americans say they're convinced the government isn't telling us everything they know about UFOs. Several people say they've spotted UFOs right here in the ArkLaTex. According to the Gallup poll, nearly half of us think alien UFOs have visited earth. UFO sightings from across the world in recent years are not the only events catching the public's eye. In UFO folklore, for example, a radio program from Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell is still a hot topic, nearly 15 years after it first aired on September 11th, 1997. It involved a caller who claimed to be a former employee of the infamous Area 51. In various stages of tears and panic, the caller claimed to know the true nature of the UFO phenomenon. "Uh, they're extra-dimensional beings," said the caller to Art Bell. The caller also claimed, "They are not what they claim to be," and then added, "They want the major population centers wiped out." Moments later something knocked the nationally-syndicated broadcast off the air. Art Bell came back on air thirty seconds later and explained the back-up generator had kicked-in and he had no idea what happened. UFOs are also no stranger to people living right here in the Ark-La-Tex. "It was just a tear drop shape, stationary in the sky, " says a Shreveport-Bossier businesswoman, who wanted to be identified only as "Renee." Renee says she wanted to remain anonymous, fearing ridicule for going public with her UFO sighting. "I believe people think ... |
