"Damn good story" about alien Ned, who died in Oror 120 years ago

This year marks 120 years since the texas town of Orora (apparently the author is referring to Aurora, Texas)crashed a flying saucer and the dead alien pilot was buried in a local cemetery.

About this most significant event in the history of the tiny town in 1987, the "Dallas Morning News" published an article that said about the "stunning explosion" occurred as a result of the collision of a flying saucer with a windmill, and about the "severely disfigured" and deceased pilot, who "was not a resident of this world."

"I've heard ten different stories about a Martian who crashed in Orora," said Frankie Miller, a local retiree and frequent visitor to the only diner in the city.

A reminder of this event rests in the old city cemetery. Among the tombstones of orora's fathers and founding mothers at a tall twisted tree is a small wooden plaque pointing to the place where, with all the honors, a UFO pilot was buried in 1897, who was called "Ned" by the old cemetery caretaker. And next to the sign is a large stone with painted extraterrestrial figures.

"There are still great differences between believers and those who do not believe in this history. We installed this stone because people wanted to know where it was buried," said Tony Wheeler, Ph.D. and Mayor of Orora, sitting on the same stone. "I think it's a funny story, and I'm not quite sure it really happened."

However, after a short walk through the city, believing in this story is very easy to find. Jim Marrs is a writer, conspiracy theorist and reporter for a local newspaper who wrote about the event decades ago.

"It was one of the biggest known hiding places," marrs said. "At the moment, I'm sure it was real."

In the 1970s, Jim Marrs and a friend with a metal detector found metal fragments in an alien's grave. But then, the next day, they disappeared.

"I think the government did it," he said. "They knew what really happened in Aurora and followed us after that."

Without leaving his outpost at the local diner, Frankie Miller suggested that the metal parts of the alien ship and the windmill he had crashed into could be found in an old farm well.

"It's a damn good story," said Jackie Stone, the owner of the farm, which has a half-filled old handmade well in its backyard, covered on top with an old metal mesh from the fence.

Jackie Stone's grandfather, who liked to repeat the story of the crash, was horrified that Ned and his broken-down flying saucer crashed into large trees nearby. Some researchers even found small metal fragments in these trees.

The story that happened here 120 years ago helped Orora stay on the map of Texas. Now that the legend of Ned is back on the ear, orora residents hope that the tiny dot on the map may become a little bigger.

At the entrance to the city, they build a monument with a flying stainless steel plate, an alien figurine with a peace sign from their fingers and a windmill to show how Ned met his fate. The UFO included in the Orora logo is even on coffee cups, in the hope that Ned, even 120 years later, could bring a few more tourist dollars to the city's budget.

"Roswell became famous, and people became rich, because tourists flocked to the desert because of the aliens. And if it helps people come here, I'll be very happy about it," diner waitress Diane Gale Meadows said.

Have you not yet thought that it would be easier to excavate the grave of an alien and see if there is an old Ned? But the city's mayor said they couldn't do it.

"There is a law in the state of Texas that states that before exhuming the remains, it is necessary to notify the next of kin. But we don't know where to look for Ned's relatives," Tony Wheeler said with a laugh.

Whether Ned is buried in the cemetery or not, the legend has been living for 120 years, and, according to many locals, is likely to outlive us all.