And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
There's been one in Tampa for decades on top of a legendary local entertainment venue called "The Mons Venus." They've sure gotten the return on their investment.
Was one in Frisco, NC on the Outer Banks until it burned up upon re-entry. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/famous-frisco-ufo-spaceship-in-outer-banks-destroyed-in-fire
I saw one of those in northern Wisconsin on a vacation around '72. I wonder if there are any left.
ReplyDeleteThere is one of these restored in London on a rooftop. Pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteThere's been one in Tampa for decades on top of a legendary local entertainment venue called "The Mons Venus." They've sure gotten the return on their investment.
ReplyDeleteI think that’s 2001, just up Dale Mabry from Mons Venus.
DeleteAccording to the Futuro website it now resides in Joshua Tree, CA.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that I mixed up the "entertainment venues"... The Mons is across the street from "2001: Odyssey". My apologies. 😀
ReplyDeletehttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/odyssey-2001-spaceship
One served as a photo shop in Annandale, VA from the late '60 to ,,,, not sure. But it is LONG gond.
ReplyDeleteWas one in Frisco, NC on the Outer Banks until it burned up upon re-entry. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/famous-frisco-ufo-spaceship-in-outer-banks-destroyed-in-fire
ReplyDeleteWe have buckyballs.
ReplyDeleteThat would only be fun out in the desert near Area 51, and it had rotating lights around the circumference.
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