World UFO Day: 20 Songs About Aliens By Everyone From Ella And Elton to Katy And Kanye
HuffPost Canada Music | By Aaron Brophy
Posted: 07/02/2013 11:53 am EDT
We've watched enough X-Files to know there are already aliens living among us. Heck, if we're willing to believe former Canadian Ministers of Defence apparently there are four separate alien races already assimilated into our civilization — some of whom have infiltrated the U.S. Government. (Doo-doo de doo-doo de doo)
There are a number of ways us normal humans can react to this realization we're not alone.
1) Freak the heck out.
2) Put on the glasses when Roddy Piper tells you to.
3) Welcome our new intergalactic overlords and celebrate.
The World UFO Day Organization leans towards the third option and has picked July 2, the day that commemorates the "supposed" U.F.O. crash in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, as World UFO Day.
When the Kree or the Skrull or the Shi'ar or whoever finally reveal themselves, we here at HuffPost want to be on their good side.
So in honour of all the funk-freaky aliens living among us, here are 20 songs to celebrate World UFO Day.
ok.. only got a few but the list at the link plays all 21..have a chuckle
Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer - Ella Fitzgerald
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ua4t-xPLVA
CCR it came out of the sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUncZ6nTz2U
THE TIMELORDS / KLF - Doctorin' The Tardis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk
The Return of Dr. Octagon - "Aliens"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEvbyHT0GOo
Blink 182 - Aliens Exist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFT7gQGOi0A
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n5dYtJrRhg
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World UFO Day: Another Reason To Over Hype Flying Saucers And Aliens
The Huffington Post | By Lee Speigel and Emily Thomas
Posted: 07/02/2013 6:49 pm EDT | Updated: 07/02/2013 8:07 pm EDT
In case you hadn't heard, today is World UFO Day. Or it's at least one of several flying saucer holidays claiming to be the the biggest day of the year for out-of-this-world celebrations.
The shadowy group that's dubbed July 2 as World UFO Day has a website explaining what they say is the true meaning of the special day.
But check the history books and see that World UFO Day used to be celebrated on June 24 as well as July 2. The first date refers to the day in 1947 when private pilot Kenneth Arnold ushered in the modern era of flying saucers when he claimed to have seen nine high-speed pie plate-shaped objects flying in formation near Mount Rainier in Washington.
The second date, July 2, stems from the close proximity to the day in 1947 when something fell from the sky and crashed on a ranch outside of Roswell, N.M., sparking rumors that eventually grew into an urban legend claiming it was an alien spaceship and its crew. Nobody knows the exact date that the object crashed, but it's generally known to have happened in early July 1947.
In an effort "to eliminate any confusion," the World UFO Day Organization declared July 2 as its official day of celebration.
But if you're looking to extend the festivities, there's the upcoming annual Roswell UFO Festival, taking place on July 5-7.
According to World UFO Day Organization's site "World UFO Day is the day dedicated to the existence of Udentified Flying Objects. The first World UFO Day was celebrated in 2001."
Wait! "Udentified" Flying Objects? Perhaps this is a celebration of something new in our culture.