Denver Rejects UFO Agency To Track Aliens

DENVER (AP) -- Denver residents have jettisoned a plan to officially track space aliens.

The proposal defeated soundly Tuesday night would have established a commission to track extraterrestrials. It also would have allowed residents to post their observations on Denver's city Web page and report sightings.

Early results show Denver residents voted 106,776-20,162 against the proposal.

The Denver man who proposed the measure, Jeff Peckman, says the government is tracking alien sightings but refuses to make the reports public. Peckman is a meditation instructor and promoter of new technology, including something he says reduces the "chaos of electromagnetic fields."

Peckman contends opponents greatly inflated the commission's projected cost.

He previously proposed an unsuccessful ordinance requiring the city to offer stress-reduction measures.

Comments

[DELGADO7]

02:45 PM on 12/13/2010

This is nothing new.. what do they mean by "tracking"?? XD

[EdwardMRoche]

09:37 AM on 11/05/2010

Beam me up Scotty!

[climbing panda]

04:16 PM on 11/04/2010

and tancredo had a shot. sheesh.

[onionboy]

01:50 PM on 11/04/2010

Would these be documented or undocumented aliens?

[ThirdSection]

06:40 PM on 11/04/2010

...and will they be wearing pink underwear?

[bcgd]

12:54 PM on 11/04/2010

Yeap thats because the GOP is run by the aliens that have been landing here over the years. I mean reagan nixon, come on LOL. What if the entire GOP is full of real illegal aliens. Makes perfect sense. Just take whatever a Conservative says turn it around 180 blamo truth is told.

[mountainweb]

05:11 PM on 11/03/2010

Congratulations to the Denver residents for a vote for common sense.....

[DenverLofts]

03:25 PM on 11/04/2010

Hey, I voted for it

[climbing panda]

04:17 PM on 11/04/2010

common sense would have meant that this never made it to the ballot.

[Uggg]

05:01 PM on 11/03/2010

space aliens have civil rights too now they want to track them when they can not even track Human Illegal Immigrants what is this country coming to

[wlkcrk]

04:12 PM on 11/03/2010

I've been hoping to see a UFO for fifty years and once I thought I did. It turned out to be a reflection of my own headlights. Darn!!

[Weirdwriter]

06:41 PM on 11/03/2010

Try the San Luis Valley--seriously. It's an area known for test flights of secret aircraft (the Stealth bomber scared the krapp out of some residents when they saw it well before it was officially unveiled).

After all, a UFO does not have to be of extraterrestrial origin.

[firecoalman]

03:47 PM on 11/03/2010

I lived in Denver briefly (1975-6) and I remember encountering members of a church that was waiting for a flying saucer to appear. I worked for a local bookstore that Christmas (a nice little place on Larimer Square, the name escapes me now). I recall one of the best-selling titles being the Urantia Book. So none of this surprises. I think Denver just feels itself a little bit closer to outer space than the rest of us.

[TazoWolf]

03:40 PM on 11/03/2010

Darn. I think it would have been fun to be on the "ET Commission."

[SimJack]

02:25 PM on 11/03/2010

Darn, what am I going to do with all these extra tinfoil hats now?

[Gregory Goldmacher]

02:06 PM on 11/03/2010

Wow... how did this get on the ballot? Is this just a joke?

[FTracy3]

02:01 PM on 11/03/2010

The Administration would have challenged this law as they did with SB1070. Illegal aliens are a Federal responsibility!

[LiberalsLiberateLiberty]

01:36 PM on 11/03/2010

oh...humor!...ar..ar..
Mork from Ork....cir.1978
who incidentally is from the Denver area

[PeaceandLoveTrain]

01:20 PM on 11/03/2010

Eyes to the skies! We'll see who's laughing in the near future. :o)