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November 13, 2007
Village Voice shooter's obit, with photos; Winning moustaches; Former pilots demand U.S. investigate UFOs

Bob Dylan, Sheridan Square Park, Greenwich Village, January 22, 1965
photo by Fred W. McDarrah, who died in his sleep at home in Greenwich Village last week at 81.
Gallery: Remembering Fred W. McDarrah (1926-2007): The Village Voice work of the iconic photographer, from Bob Dylan to Andy Warhol to Rudy Giuliani
Obit: Fred W. McDarrah, 1926-2007 by Tom Robbins.
Grown men:
World Beard & Moustache Championships 2007
The link goes to a gallery of winners.
Competition was stiff. Gerhard Knapp of Germany, pictured here, took just third prize in the "Full Beard Freestyle" category, coming in behind a pair of more sculptural entries. The Categories & Rules page defines the categories.
Former pilots demand U.S. investigate UFOs: AFP: UFOs are no joke, group says:
WASHINGTON (AFP) — UFOs may be fodder for comedians but there was no joking Monday when a group of former pilots recounted seeing strange phenomena in the sky and demanded the US government reopen an investigation into unidentified flying objects.
Several pilots offered dramatic accounts of witnessing UFOs -- including a transparent flying disc and a triangular craft with mysterious markings -- as they insisted their questions needed to be taken seriously more than 30 years after the US file was closed.
"We want the US government to stop perpetuating the myth that all UFOs can be explained away in down-to-earth, conventional terms," said Fife Symington, former governor of Arizona and air force pilot who says he saw a UFO in 1997....
A former official with the Federal Aviation Administration, John Callahan, said government agencies discourage inquiries into UFOs....
When Callahan suggested the government tell Americans about a UFO, the CIA official allegedly told him: "'No way, if we were to tell the American public there are UFOs they would panic.'"
Maybe not, if they're smart and peaceful and want to help us. If they look like giant insects, though, that would be tough to get beyond.
Posted by Sheila Lennon
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