Story 1. The Mystery of Aurora

America has played host to numerous high-profile UFO incidents,

perhaps the most notorious of which took place in New Mexico during the summer of

1947. But the reported discovery of a downed alien spacecraft near Roswell was by no means

the first incident, with an equally mysterious crash having

allegedly taken place in the neighbouring state of Texas 50 years before.

This week we visit the mystery of Aurora. So, It was still dark outside when Charlie Stevens had been awoken by an insistent knock on his bedroom door.

Wiping the sleep from his eyes, the 10-year-old had wearily risen from his bed

before washing his face in the basin opposite

and then pulling on his overalls.

Unsteadily making his way to the front door of the house, he had found his father waiting,

holding his hat out ready for him to wear. Crossing to the barn, the pair saddled their horses and then commenced

their short journey out to the farm's furthermost pasture in order to round up the cattle.

As usual, father and son rode in silence, both keen to complete their daily morning routine, before returning to the farmhouse and the hearty breakfast which would be waiting for them, courtesy of Mrs Stevens.

Overhead, the deep dark blue of the nighttime sky was now finally surrendering to a much lighter shade,

when both of the horses unexpectedly began to fuss.

As Charlie gently kicked at the sides of his mount trying to encourage it to move on,

he could see up ahead that his father was experiencing similar difficulties.

They had both dismounted and were in the process of trying to coax the animals forward

when they became aware of a mysterious humming sound which was gradually increasing in volume.

Unable to motivate his horse gradually increasing in volume.

Unable to motivate his horse, Charlie gave up and instead walked over to his father, who was stood looking about himself, trying to figure out where the strange noise was coming from.

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