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Ziauddin Sardar<\/a><\/p>\n In the age of the internet and instant communications, aliens have become irrelevant<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/span>It has been a bad summer for aliens. The last UFO sighting in Britain (the only one this year) was in April, in Guernsey, and – alas – it was not a real UFO. But it’s not only here. The United States accounts for more than 99 per cent of all UFO sightings. Yet, while fence-building has failed to staunch the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico, the department of homeland security has somehow managed to deter illegal aliens of the intergalactic kind.<\/p>\n Maybe the visitors have been put off by the increasing number and ferocity of hurricanes. Whatever the reason, UFO sightings in the US have almost disappeared.<\/p>\n [[MORE]]<\/a><\/p>\n (Be sure to check out comments from “saucer fiends” )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Statesman; Life and Society Ziauddin Sardar In the age of the internet and instant communications, aliens have become irrelevant It has been a bad summer for aliens. The last UFO sighting in Britain (the only one this year) was … Continue reading