A Myerstown man accused of building a bomb and placing the device outside a hotel invoked space aliens during questioning by police.

David Oxenreider, 28, faces multiple charges, including manufacturing a weapon of mass destruction, related to a bomb threat on Sunday at the Bahney House Hotel, 2 W. Main St., Myerstown where he is a tenant.

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In response to the allegations, Oxenreider explained he was trying to prevent the earth’s destruction by an alien race, per a Pennsylvania State Police affidavit.

How the bomb was discovered

Shortly before 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oxenreider contacted Bahney House manager Charles Kline by telephone and informed him he built an explosive device in his apartment, according the police report.

Kline instructed Oxenreider to place the device next to a dumpster outside and called police.

Oxenreider was taken into custody without incident. The device was rendered safe by authorities, and no secondary devices were located inside the building after a search.

Why he built the bomb

In an interview with police, Oxenreider stated he had been attempting to alert authorities to a larger problem he was experiencing but was not taken seriously.

He claimed he wasn’t trying to hurt anybody and only built the bomb so police would have to speak to him about his encounter with aliens.

“The defendant related back in 2014 he had an encounter with a UFO ship and aliens,” the affidavit reads. “The defendant related the aliens told him that humans need to start being good people or else they were going to destroy the earth with a nuclear laser beam. The defendant related he has been trying to spread the advice the aliens had gave him, but no one listens to him. The defendant related when he tells people about his alien encounter people say he is crazy.”

A search of Oxenreider’s home found materials similar to those used to make the explosive device that was found, per the report

Was the threat serious?

The Bahney House – right in the center of the downtown Myerstown – was evacuated and the surrounding area closed down for about six hours while police investigated and disarmed the device. However, it’s unclear how much danger the threat posed to residents or pedestrians.

The bomb needed to be hand-detonated or could have exploded if left out in the sun, according to Oxenreider, who contacted the building manager and stressed he didn’t want anybody to get hurt.

Oxenreider told police he just wanted their attention to tell them “something bigger was coming.”

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