Sunday, April 20, 2008
So last month we decided to take a trip to Roswell and see what was up with all the alien talk we had heard about. We visited the International UFO museum to finally discover the truth about aliens.
I don't know what we expected to see or learn. At least an X-files type amusement park ride? Needless to say the "museum" is just an old movie theater with a bunch of old newspaper clippings and posters. So basically you pay your six bucks and walk around and read a lot more than you want to. It kind of reminded me of walking around an elementary school gym on science project day. And at the finale of the tour you get to see a reenactment of the famous alien autopsy. Turns out it is an old JC Penney mannequin operating on an old movie prop.
Needless to say, it was disappointing. The town of Roswell was pretty cool though. The street lights are shaped like alien heads and the McDonalds is shaped like a UFO. There are lots of alien gift shops and the people are really nice.
Overall it was a fun trip and we were glad we went. I just would have rather spent my six bucks on an alien t-shirt, or a mug, or pretty much anything that runs six bucks in Roswell NM.
