Grab Your Tin Foil Hat: UFO Fever Hits North Texas

Reporting
Joel Thomas

STEPHENVILLE (CBS 11 News) ? UFO fever continues to spread across North Texas. After last weekend's alleged sightings in Stephenville, even more people have come forth with pictures and reports of unexplained aircrafts.

Residents of Stephenville are having fun and cashing in on the newly found international fame. The Erath County cow mascot statue now sports a tin foil hat on its head.

The sign at Taco Morado tells people that "aliens prefer purple tacos" like those served inside.

Another local shop is selling t-shirts touting Stephenville as "UFO Capital of the World." Hundreds have been sold in just two days. All other shirts remain untouched.

Another popular shirt shows cows being abducted by aliens. "We just had the idea, you know, let's make some shirts for it," said shirt designer Joaquin Cortez. "We all bounced around some ideas and came up with it pretty fast. Got them out here on the shelves and they sold out almost instantaneously."

Even the high school's science club is making a few bucks. Their shirts showing a cow being beamed up by a UFO have been a popular item. "We've had a big crowd," said student Pam Kinsel. "We have probably sold over 300 shirts from yesterday to today. We're doing pretty good. Everybody's really excited."

The frenzy is not reserved to local enthusiasts. One of the school's t-shirts was sold to a man in Japan who heard of the UFO sightings. And on Saturday, an international UFO organization is coming to town to hold a big conference.