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eDiNBurg, TX, March 15, 2013. A new wave of UFO sightings

across the world will be discussed this weekend at Edinburg’s

“Out of This World” conference and festival. Attendees will

share their UFO stories, listen to talks by leading UFO

researchers, and take part in an alien costume contest. The

gathering is expected to attract hundreds of people, both

believers and skeptics.

A recent widely publicized report of an unidentified

flying object came from actor Russell Crowe, who posted a

23-second video clip on YouTube this month. He tweeted

that he and a friend had set up a time-exposure camera to

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capture fruit bats in Australia’s Royal Botanic Gardens, and

that the UFO was a big surprise to them. Crowe’s video shows

two oblong, glowing red or yellow objects, one above the

other. They are moving in tandem, with one object appearing

to cast a beam of light downward toward the ground.

Other recent sightings have occurred over several parts

of Texas. One object that drew particular attention was

supposedly caught on camera at a well site near Laredo.

The UFO organization that released the photo described

the object as saucer-shaped and 60 feet wide, with four

lights.

Souvenirs of all kinds (left) are popular at UFO conventions. Many people who view odd objects in the sky (right) are convinced that they have seen

alien spacecraft.