If, as English rock band UFO has intimated, its current 50th anniversary tour will be its last, then it went out in an otherworldly way Friday with its show at Penn's Peak near Jim Thorpe.
It gave a concert that not only displayed how strongly it has influenced heavy metal and other rock forms, but showed how aging rockers can continue to rock with strength and dignity.
When the band announced its current run of shows in February, it said that vocalist Phil Mogg, 71, who helped form the band in London in 1969 and has been its only constant member, will retire after the tour. "Consequently, it seems almost certain that at that point they will cease to exist," the band said.
And from the start of its 11-song, 70-minute show, it seemed UFO was doing its best to make every moment of the show count.
Quite a lot has been going on:
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Much like the universe, the military's affiliation with alien-related subject matter appears to be ever-expanding.
In 2017, the Pentagon confirmed the existence of a program that existed from 2007 to 2012, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, that was dedicated solely to investigating reports of UFO sightings.
This April, the Navy confirmed it was drafting a fleet-wide message to establish guidelines for pilots and other military personnel to report UFO sightings, the culmination of a surge in what the Navy called a series of intrusions by advanced aircraft on Navy carrier strike groups.
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Port Talbot is inundated with UFOs. The Welsh steel town is a magnet for alien spacecraft. The place is positively awash with flying saucers. This is according to the actor Michael Sheen, who claims to have had a close encounter with a formation of alien lights on his way home from school in the 1970s. The lady next door apparently spotted a flying saucer hovering over the garden. Sheen's dad also saw a UFO, on New Year's Eve, sober.
"I think Port Talbot is some kind of hub," Sheen said last week. "It's like some sort of stop-off . . . the Little Chef of the Galaxy."
Quite a lot has been going on:
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