It’s not uncommon to find strange homemade vehicles on American roads, but they’re not always legal. A pair of drivers recently found that out when an Oklahoma State Police officer pulled them over. pull them over in their “flying saucer” car, which features a pop-up cockpit canopy and shiny body panels.
Built on a Geo 1991 Metrothe real car like a flying saucer on the road, but while its builder, Dennis Bellows, studied the manual during construction, he couldn’t take into account every traffic lawsThe driver, Steve Anderson, committed a lane violation, prompting a warning from the officer, who was the fourth to stop the flying saucer en route from Indianapolis to the Roswell UFO Festival in New Mexico. Anderson said he has been fascinated with aliens since he was 8 years old, which inspired him to pay Bellows to build the bizarre structure.
The two men in the cab saluted the officer, with Anderson giving a Vulcan salute from “Star Trek.” While the car drew plenty of attention from law enforcement on its way to the festival, it was greeted by Roswell police officers who knew about its presence.
It took Bellows eight months of night work to complete the car. Its bubble roof had to be hand-formed, with Bellows’ heated plexiglass pieces used to create the dome. The interior features custom toggle switches and standard automotive items like turn signal levers, but there’s no word on whether it has air conditioning to cope with the immense heat from the plexiglass. While it does have a horn, the OEM sound has been replaced with a laser.
Anderson has been to the festival before, but this is his first year. bring UFO for the tripHis run-ins with the law have given him a sense of humor about the car, as he has said that he occasionally gives police a fake license plate identifying him as “Al Ien” and tells police that his home planet is Krypton.
