- "If we can capitalize on something that did or did
not happen in 1947 then it can help the entire state." -- Rep. Dan
Foley
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- SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters)
-- ET: Phone New Mexico. They may have a little something special for you.
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- A New Mexico legislator proposed Monday having the state
honor all extraterrestrial beings with a special day that will "celebrate
and honor all past, present and future extraterrestrial visitors"
to New Mexico, the measure reads.
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- Rep. Dan Foley, a Republican from Roswell, the spot where
some say aliens crash-landed more than 50 years ago, said he introduced
the legislation to "enhance relationships among all the citizens of
the cosmos, known and unknown."
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- Extraterrestrial Culture Day would be held the second
Thursday of February and would honor space travelers from other worlds
and even give a nod to creatures made famous in movies, such as E.T. in
Steven Spielberg's 1982 blockbuster film by the same name.
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- In July of each year, thousands of earthly visitors descend
on Roswell, the self-appointed alien capital of the world, where many UFO
buffs believe an alien craft crash-landed in 1947, based on claims that
alien bodies were discovered there.
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- The town's population of 45,000 doubles and even triples
during the week long festival that includes speakers on extraterrestrial
life, UFOs and other anomalies such as crop circles.
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- Foley feels the same excitement -- and economic benefit--
can be spread to the rest of the state by adding a state-sanctioned day
of alien celebration.
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- "If we can capitalize on something that did or did
not happen in 1947 then it can help the entire state," Foley said
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