Green Options » flying saucer http://greenoptions.com/tag/flying-saucer Posts tagged 'flying saucer' Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:25:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Alaska Police Pull Over Solar Powered Car, Think It’s a UFO http://gas2.org/2008/09/09/alaska-police-pull-over-solar-powered-car-think-its-a-ufo/ http://gas2.org/2008/09/09/alaska-police-pull-over-solar-powered-car-think-its-a-ufo/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:25:40 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2008/09/09/alaska-police-pull-over-solar-powered-car-think-its-a-ufo/ It’s not all about Sarah Palin in Alaska you know. The latest news from the last frontier (or should that be the final frontier?) is that Alaskan police have pulled over a solar-powered car, which they mistakenly identified as a UFO.

For almost two years, Canadian Marcelo da Luz has been driving his solar-powered car, the Power of 1 (Xof1 for short) across North America in an attempt to set a world distance record for a solar vehicle. When he reached Alaska earlier this week, the admittedly off-the-wall looking car was spotted by a concerned citizen, who dialled 911 to report a UFO sighting. Alaskan police quickly took off in hot pursuit, and pulled poor Marcelo over for interrogation.

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