UFOs Are From Mars, Cover-Ups Are From Mount Vernon

You've got to hand it to the Men in Black; within 48 hours after an alien spacecraft's confirmed broad-daylight contact with New York City, the lamestream media has swiftly regurgitated the government's cover-up story, and the local tabloids are pushing an official explanation that the wondrous spaceship was merely a cluster of balloons. Yesterday we were told that the ship was actually balloons released from a publicity event in Times Square; now we're supposed to believe that it was a bunch of balloons from an engagement party in Mount Vernon. And they've even gotten an entire elementary school to play along!

We don't know what they're paying Angela Freeman, head of the Milestone School in Mount Vernon, but she tells the Daily News, "UFO? They're crazy—those are our balloons!" Yes, one would have to be CRAZY to think anything different! "The kids had an engagement party for a teacher," she tells the Post. "And a mother brought four dozen balloons, and she's coming through the door. It is very windy in Mount Vernon. Suddenly, 12 of the balloons let loose." The tabloid of record says the iridescent pearl balloons went skyward at 1 p.m., and the first "UFO" sighting was at about 1:30 p.m. Isn't that just perfect? And down the memory hole we go!

But questions linger... Who has an engagement party in the middle of the day? And at a school? Do they host bachelor parties, too? And isn't it interesting how the Daily News credits its photographer with a photo of the engagement party, even though he didn't visit the school until October 14th, a full 24 hours after the "party" was supposedly held. Are we supposed to believe the balloons would stay inflated for that long, and that nobody cleaned up after the party? For more, peruse this shocking video of the school's headmistress Angela Freeman, who calls herself "a little bit of a maverick," dutifully playing her part in the cover-up:

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By John Del Signore in Arts & Entertainment on October 15, 2010 9:50 AM

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Estudio de diseño

It's funny think that all these footage are made by U.S. goverment to keep the people bussy

Ibby14

We should all care about UFO's. Some stories are deliberately made to look ridiculous just to make any association with UFO's look foolish. UFO's are the biggest news story out there, the evidence is overwhelming. When a UFO hovers 50 feet over a nuclear plant (Indian Point) for 30 minutes, security cameras catching everything, and was capable of getting extreme close ups, and the access to the footage was totally denied. Read the reports by the security staff and tell them they saw nothing, they saw EVERYTHING. Just too much to dismiss by anyone of intelligence.

All that being said; I think these are balloons.

jessecal

JDS?! Journal of Dental Surgery?

What does this publication care about UFO's!?

Unusual Flossing Obsessions?!

tingo

All these new new yorkers are giving us a bad name. First, it's the 'crazy tornando' then it's the hail, then it's UFO balloons. Seriously? When did NY get so hysterical?

Kelles

NO this is definitely a cover-up! If you run the video backwards, 1/64 speed, filtered, frame by frame then at 3.141592653m, she clearly slips up!

Lot of noise but here's a screenie: UFO Coverup!

John L

Congratulations Andrea Craparo.

You're pretty hot, your future husband is a lucky guy.

And now you can get rid of that crappy last name.

gimmemoney

cover up for sure. who writes "bling bling, andrea finally got the ring?" on posterboard anymore? That phrase and medium choice is 10 years old already.

theboneranger

i find the people who get so "angry" about people questioning a non-UFO explanation really "funny".

David

This is so convenient - whenever there is a story of a UFO sighting, there is someone ready to acknowledge that it was their balloon or kite that everyone saw. It is very convenient for the government agencies involved in the coverup. It is the US military/intelligence community that does not want the truth about advanced aliens visiting from outer space to be revealed, since that would undermine US military and economic dominance of the world. This elaborate coverup has been going on for almost 60 years. See www.ufocoverup.org for more info

Stevennnn

Moving on. Nobody cares.

theboneranger

all someone has to do to prove/disprove this is buy a bunch of the same balloons and let them loose

robingee

CONSPIRACY!

I knew it. I still blame Canadians though.

Kevin Walsh

Cover-up eh? John, you believe in UFOs and aliens?

www.forgotten-ny.com

jibbly

JDS believes in sarcastic sarcasm.

justthinkin

The only thing flying higher than those balloons is JDS for writing about them. Maybe the fumes from Jacques Torres are making him lightheaded.