UFO festival may soon crash

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - June 1, 2010

Officials in Roswell, New Mexico, may be pulling the financial plug on the annual UFO Festival.

The event celebrates the supposed crash of a flying saucer near the town in the late 1940s.

The festival includes a parade, complete with folks dressed as space aliens.

But the City Council has approved a preliminary budget for next year, which doesn't include any money for the festival.

One council member says its outrageous to spend $150,000 of the taxpayers money on the UFO event.

This summer's festival is already funded and will go ahead as planned.

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