World's First U.F.O. Landing Pad - St. Paul, AB
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N 53° 59.454 W 111° 18.324
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Someone had to be the first to do it and it fell to the Northern Alberta town of St. Paul to finally get it done.
Waymark Code: WMT2QK
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/15/2016
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As of 2012 the population of St. Paul stood at 5,844 individuals, none of whom were proven to be of extraterrestrial descent. At an elevation of 645 m (2,116 ft), the town covers an area of 7.89 km2 (3.05 sq mi). Built on the northern edge of Upper Therien Lake, it is the commercial centre of a 300 to 400 square mile farming area.
St. Paul is home to the world's first UFO landing pad, built as a centennial project in an effort to attract both tourists and Martians to the municipality. The pad consists of a raised platform with a map of Canada embossed on the back stop, consisting of stones provided by each province of Canada.
On June 3, 1967, Paul Hellyer, Minister of National Defense, flew in by helicopter to officially open the Pad.
The sign beside the pad reads: "The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."
In the 1990s Mayor Paul Langevin officially opened an adjacent UFO tourist information centre to welcome visitors. As you enter St. Paul from the West, drop in to visit this landmark and see the UFO exhibit downstairs. This is an opportunity to view actual photographs of UFOs, crop circles and cattle mutilations. The exhibit is designed to educate. A UFO Hotline complements the display with reports of UFO sightings and encounters of all kinds.
