Alaska Police Pull Over Solar Powered Car, Think It’s 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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Luckily for the bemused Canadian solar pioneer, the police decided not to take the matter any further although, amazingly, this is the seventh time that saucer-shaped vehicle has been pulled over during its odyssey across Canada.
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The person who called the police must have his or her head stuck you-know-where. The stupidity of the average “observer” is, as usual, mind boggling. If the non-techies ever get a real foothold in government then we’re all doomed.
IT is a true sign of the intelligence of Uncle B and readers of his ilk, whose perception of Alaska is entirely guided by “easterly blogs” written by detractors of Palin and all things wild. Alaska is made up of mostly people from all 5o states and over 300 countries in the world. Folks come here to make their own mark, rather than sycophantically parroting party propaganda.
I bet UNcle B could survive up here without some milktoast and much handholding.
MOre innovation and invention has come out of Alaska in the past 50 years than the rest of this country combined.