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Proposal After Abduction 41 Proposal After Abduction 41 Proposal follows alien closet," this is the place to be. More than 300 He believes the 360ft-wide creation is Proposal follows alien abduction abduction people registered to attend the symposium, far too intricate to be man-made, saying: "There is something very strange and mysterious about which has become an annual fixture in Denver. The only conference attendee who might it. offend is Bob Girard, a conference vendor and "Lots of people think crop circles are owner of Arcturus Books, which specializes in man-made, but the jury's still out for me. unexplained phenomena. Girard described "At this time of year when there are so many of the people at the conference as few hours of darkness and with a design so "fanatics." intricate it can hardly be people doing it on their "There's no captured spacecraft, no way home from the pub." alien, nothing to show for the last 50 years," Mr Alexander has had more than his fair Girard said, as he sought to sell books to these share of weird crop circle experiences. same people. He said: "I have had some strange experiences Still, it's clear Girard is enamored with a at crop circle sites and even in daylight hours leather-bound book dated 1557 that explores have seen some weird and wonderful things, Roswell, New Mexico: Ross Savedra fought bizarre happenings. such as balls of light flashing across fields. aliens to rescue his girlfriend, then popped the He's trying to sell the book for $10,000. "I've also heard of other people having camera question in an out-of-this-world proposal. Those attending the conference are quite failures and mobile phone failures at crop circle Savedra, 32, staged his elaborate serious about their chosen passion. locations. proposal Sunday afternoon for Ariana Ash, 23, John Greenewald is producing a show "It's a really complex subject. with the help of family members and Roswell's on physical traces allegedly left by UFOs for "Everyone seems to be getting very UFO Museum. The History Channel scheduled to air this fall. excited about this one." Savedra and Ash were touring the His Web site, The Black Vault, features Mr Alexander found out about museum when a silver-suited, masked alien 441,000 government documents he has attained Oxfordshire's latest crop circle after receiving a from an exhibit called "alien autopsy" suddenly by filing open-records requests. A good number call from an experts' website, which had been abducted Ash from in front of a group of of them deal with UFOs. informed about the pattern by a microlite pilot. tourists. Savedra dashed through the crowd, Greenewald started the site a decade He then hired a helicopter to take him up fought two aliens and rescued her. ago, when he was 15. into the Oxfordshire skies - and was amazed by Then he dropped to his knees, presented "They publicly say (UFOs) don't exist, what he saw. a ring and asked her to marry him. but the documents say something different," "It's a very striking image," he said. "It They embraced in a cloud of shiny Greenewald said. "Obviously, there's a cover- really is impressive. colored confetti tossed by onlookers and were up." "I've never seen anything like it before, applauded by tourists who had been tipped off Still, Greenewald says he can't it is extremely powerful. It almost looks like by the aliens -- Ash's brother-in-law and conclusively say there are extraterrestrials. skyscrapers coming out of the field at you." stepfather. "I'm 99.9 percent sure there is life out Having taken a look at it from the air, "By the way, everyone, she said yes," there, and they're visiting us," he said. Mr Alexander is now going to investigate it announced Julie Shuster, the museum's director, "But I'm never sure until something from the ground. over the sound system. smacks me on the head." He is planning a trip to Oxfordshire Savedra, a Roswell native, chose the Aurora police officer and UFO hunter from his home on the South Coast over the next museum for his proposal because of its Ken Storch planned to speak about the role few days. uniqueness. police play in UFO reports. UFOs became his He said: "It's a groundbreaking Shuster said it was a first for the raison d'etre in 1974 when he claims to have formation. museum."She's always calling me her alien gleaned firsthand knowledge of five UFOs "Normally the crops just lie flat but in man," Savedra said of his fiancee. flying in formation that nearly triggered World this case the crop is weaved, so it will be War III. interesting to take a closer look." Oxford crop circle expert Michael Storch, now 55, was working in Rocky Mountain News communications at the Offutt Air Force Base at Soper, who works for UFO research group Rocky Mountain News the time. He says he was required not to speak Contact International, said: "This is an By Julie Poppen, Rocky of the incident for 30 years. He and fellow UFO intriguing and interesting picture. By Julie Poppen, Rocky Mountain News hunter L.J. Dalicandro, wearing the teeth of an "Certainly some crop circles are a hoax, Mountain News July 15, 2006 July 15, 2006 alligator and great white shark around his neck, but they usually tend to be ones with less shared a disturbing array of mutilated cattle features, whereas this one has lots of features. Ted Phillips has devoted 38 years to the photos. "It could have many meanings." [] study of 3,162 reported UFO landing sites in 91 "I know we're not alone," Storch said. countries. Storch said he's comforted but also As such, the chatty 64-year-old retired bothered by his belief in aliens. engineer from Missouri is a hot speaker pick for "I don't have a clue what the agenda is," the 37th Mutual UFO Network International Storch said. [] Symposium, which kicked off Friday at the op of the crops Denver Marriott Tech Center. The symposium T Top of the crops wraps up Sunday. By Emma-Kate Lidbury Even now, Phillips says to himself, 'This can't be,' when he approaches a UFO landing site. He doesn't believe aliens are When it comes to patterns etched into behind crop circles (too Disney-esque), and he's farmers' fields, these are the cream of the crop. This crop circle - discovered in an on the fence about the role of aliens in animal Oxfordshire field - is believed to be the world's mutilations. But he most certainly believes the first three-dimensional one, and has already left world is being visited by alien beings in experts reeling with wonder at who, or what, impressive spacecraft. could have created it. "I believe what we're dealing with is a Freelance photographer and crop circle device under intelligent control that generates expert Steve Alexander caught it on camera a physical effects," he said. few days ago in fields near Wayland's Smithy For UFOlogists who are "out of the Farm in Ashbury, near Uffington.