Neighborhood's Garage Doors Come To Life!

File: UFO34

FRUSTRATED FOLKS IN A ONCE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD SAY THEIR AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOORS HAVE GONE BERSERK, MYSTERIOUSLY ROLLING OPEN AND SLAMMING SHUT AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT - AND THEY BLAME THEIR TROUBLES ON UFOs FROM OUTER SPACE! SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC EQUI- PMENT FROM THE ALIEN SPACESHIPS ALSO IS BLAMED FOR PROBLEMS WITH TV SETS, DRYERS, AND OTHER ELECTRIC APPLIANCES THAT HAVE GONE BONKERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR ABILENE, KAN. - EVEN WHEN THE ELECTRICITY IS TURNED OFF. THERE IS NO EARTHLY REASON FOR WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AROUND HERE, SAID HOMEOWNER FRANK FORESTER, WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN STRANGE SAUCER SHAPED UFOs HOVERING OVER HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SOMEHOW, THOSE SPACE ALIENS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO ZERO IN ON EARTH'S RADIO FREQUENCIES. MY AUTO- MATIC GARAGE DOOR SEEMS TO OPEN AND CLOSE WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE IT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN. MY CLOTHES WASHER FLIPS ON IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, AND SO DOES MY TV, MICROWAVE, LIGHTS, BLENDER AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S PLUGGED IN. I HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP IN THREE WEEKS. HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, ALVIN TURNER, HAD TO LEAP FOR HIS LIFE ONE NIGHT WHEN HIS AUTO- MATIC GARAGE DOOR SUDDENLY BANGED SHUT WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS LIKE THE DANGED THING HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN, TURNER TOLD US. ONE ELDERLY WOMAN WHO LIVES ALONE WAS NEARLY SCARED OUT OF HER WITS AT MIDNIGHT WHEN HER CLOTHES WASHER, DRYER AND EVERY APPLIANCE IN HER STUDIO APARTMENT MYSTERIOUSLY FLIPPED ON AS THE FRIGHTENED WOMAN TOSSED AND TURNED IN HER BED. IT WAS REALLY VERY, VERY SPOOKY, SHE SAID. I CALLED MY NEIGHBOR, WHO SAID THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING IN HER APARTMENT. IT WAS AS IF INVISIBLE HANDS WERE TURNING EVERYTHING ON. AUTHORITIES DIDN'T COMMENT ON THE WEIRD HAPPENINGS, BUT TURNER BACKS UP FORRESTER'S CLAIM OF ALIEN SPACESHIPS. THREE DIFFERENT NIGHTS IN THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE WITNESSED WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE AN ALIEN SPACESHIP BUZZING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, HE SAID. IT HAD FLASHING BLUE AND GREEN LIGHTS AND HOVERED ABOUT 200 FEET IN THE AIR OVER OUR HOMES FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE IT SUDDENLY ZOOMED OUT OF SIGHT. FOR SOME REASON, THOSE SPACE ALIENS HAVE CHOSEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO TEST THEIR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. I SURE HOPE THEY'RE FINISHED. I'M AFRAID TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR MY GARAGE DOOR AFTER DARK.