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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2820)	4/24/2001 1:35:07 AM
From: S100	Respond to of 12229

Bad news, ran out of UFOs, seen enough and left. UFO bureau closes, ETs gone home? LONDON - The British Flying Saucer Bureau, which has been hunting for extra-terrestrial activity for half a century, has closed its doors due to a lack of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The bureau, which at one time boasted 1,500 members worldwide, has over the years received weekly reports listing up to 30 UFO 'sightings'. These days, such reports are very rare, The Times newspaper reported yesterday. Its monthly meetings have now been scrapped due to a lack of participants. Mr Denis Plunkett, a 70-year-old retiree from Bristol, founded the bureau in 1953 with his father. 'I am just as enthusiastic about flying saucers as I always was but the problem is that we are in the middle of a long, long trough,' he said. There are just not enough sightings to warrant continuing, he added. He believes that the end of the Cold War is the catalyst for the lack of sightings. 'The number of sightings always rises at times of international tension and declines in times of peace,' he explained. Also, the extra-terrestrials have probably finished their study of the earth, he said. --AFP