CHILE TO BUILD ITS FIRST UFO MUSEUMSource: Agencia EFE Story Filed: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:33 AM EST ** Santiago, Jan 27, 2003 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Chile's first museum dedicated to UFOs will be built in the northern part of the country, where some 400 sightings of extraterrestrial spacecraft have been reported in the past 25 years. The museum will be built in the city of La Serena, located 472 kilometers (293 miles) north of Santiago, according to information released by the OvniVision Chile group and carried by a local news agency. The city plans to donate the land and building for the museum. Chile, a nation of 15.5 million, ranks fifth in the number of UFO sightings, after the United States, Peru, Brazil and Russia. The museum will house a photographic exhibit, a library, a video room, a conference room, other displays, a coffee shop and a gift shop. The idea for the museum, which is scheduled to open in mid-2003, arose when authorities from La Serena visited the United States and toured Roswell, New Mexico, where UFO aficionados believe an alien spacecraft crash-landed in 1947. La Serena residents hope to keep in touch with UFO experts from Roswell to exchange information and share experiences. mc/ad/hv http://www.efe.es ** Copyright (c) 2003. Agencia EFE S.A. UFOINFO would like to thank Scott Corrales and UFO UpDates for granting permission to use this article. You can subscribe to UFO UpDates by writing to Errol Bruce-Knapp at: ufoupdates@virtuallystrange.net |
