It Came From the Planet Garage
The 3-foot hovering disks developed by two Orange County hobbyists have sparked a wave of 'flying saucer' reports to authorities.
By Lynn Doan, LA Times Staff Writer
March 18, 2006
Move over, Roswell. South Orange County is recording its own share of UFO sightings.
Several residents have reported sightings to the Orange County Sheriff's Department in recent months. And word has even reached a Canadian UFO researcher who has posted information about the incidents on his website.
SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE: Gaylon Murphy , left, and Steve Zingali hold up their disks at
Grand Park in Aliso Viejo. The two hobbyists, who have sold four of their remote-controlled
contraptions at $1,000 each, say their streaking, nighttime light show is part hobby, part promotion.
(Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
In one case, witnesses reported seeing glowing disks zigzagging through trees and hovering above the Aliso Viejo Town Center at night. About a yard in diameter and studded with flashing lights, the four UFOs dance around one another in the night sky.
True enough, these flying saucers aren't a top-secret military project. But they aren't being piloted by Martians either.
The saucers are made in the garages of Gaylon Murphy and Steve Zingali, who get their kicks shocking people and hope to earn a few bucks hawking their remote-controlled saucers. After all, a few UFO sightings can only be good for business.
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