Recently retired Becky Hopkins was tending to her singing and climbing Clematis when the strangest sound woke her out of her complacency, late yesterday afternoon. She could not place the sound: it was not the intergalactic orchestra; it was not the sound of the new supersonic space travel capsules which are actually soundless today, (besides, more citizens are opting for "beamed up vacations"); nor was it the sound of the new "fangled lawnmowers" (her words).

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The "other" world sound, something between violins and high pitched shrieks, forced her to look up at the sky. What she saw caused her to drop her garden tuning fork, and later, the doctors at the local hospital spent several hours trying to pry her mouth closed.

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"She was catching flies," one doctor apologetically explained to us, here at the paper.  He also claimed her husband urged him to take his time, claiming, "a few hours of silence wouldn't hurt anyone."

But back to the story, dear readers.

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 When the doctors succeeded to close Becky's mouth, and she reclaimed speech, what she said shook us to the bones. We are still trying to make sense of the babble: she mumbled something about seeing green jelly pouring out the back of a shiny silver saucer, florescent magenta tubes hanging out the sides and red flames shooting about the whole vehicle without actually consuming it.

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We contacted the Intergalactic Board in charge of "Start-up" companies, to make sure what Becky witnessed was not some new invention from an enthusiastic novice. But as far as they know, they have not received any new applications recently that come close to resembling Becky's vision.

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We have checked Becky's background, and have found nothing that would imply hallucinations, instability, or to be frank, insanity.  So we find Becky's vision, although somewhat garbled, to be credible. If any of you witnessed what Becky saw yesterday or have seen anything like it in the past few weeks we urge you to contact us at the paper. All claims will be transferred to the Intergalactic Board on Alien Research.

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Maybe if they receive more info on other sightings they will be able to advance their already existing portfolio concerning aliens and bring us another step closer to discovering our unknown "neighbors".

We at the paper would be thrilled to finally find out we are not alone, after all!