14 DAY TRIAL // This July 2 is a very special day, and not only because it's the middle of the week and folks can feel free to start fantasizing about all the fun things they'll be doing come Saturday and Sunday.
What's more, the fact that, starting today, there are less than six months left until Christmas, when everybody will be swimming in presents, is not what makes July 2 all that special either.
Long story short: July 2 is World UFO Day, so don't be surprised if you happen to see people walking around holding hands with toy aliens should you decide to go about exploring the city.
According to Unexplained Mysteries, this celebration is intended to raise awareness about UFOs (that's short for Unidentified Flying Objects) and encourage folks to keep looking for signs that we might not be alone in the universe.
Interestingly enough, the first people to celebrate World UFO Day did not settle on July 2 as the perfect time of the year for this event because they thought this date had a nice ring to it.
Contrary to what some might assume, they did not receive any messages from outer space telling them that, unless they picked July 2, they would be blown to smithereens either.
Thus, July 2 was chosen because this date coincides with the anniversary of the 1947 Roswell incident, when a UFO supposedly crashed in New Mexico either due to some technical glitches or because the pilot had consumed a tad too much liquor.
Word has it that, following the crash of the UFO in the United States, the country's military stepped in and collected both the resulting debris and alien bodies. They then acted like real jerks and hid the evidence from the public, saying that what had crashed was a weather balloon.
As detailed on the official website for World UFO Day, those wishing to take part in this celebration can do so by watching movies about aliens and talking to friends and family about the possibility that us humans are not the only ones to call the universe our home.
Commenting on the need to celebrate World UFO Day, psychologist Stephen Diamond said, “Part of the belief in UFOs is an attempt to transcend our sense of aloneness in the universe. If UFOs are indeed real and if indeed they are piloted by sentient beings, then we're no longer alone in the universe, and that's attractive to some people.”
Apparently, there are quite a lot of people in this world who are convinced that we are not alone. In fact, a survey has recently shown that, in this day and age, about 36% of the United States' population believes that UFOs are real.