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BOWMAN -- For over two decades, the UFO Welcome Center hasn’t been burglarized. All of that changed recently and an unidentified earthling may be to blame.

On April 22, someone stole a 32-inch TV from the UFO Welcome Center.

Then on April 29, someone attempted to take a compact window air conditioning unit from the home of Jody Pendarvis, who owns the center. His home is only a few feet from the welcome center, which is located at 4004 Homestead Road.

Pendarvis built the UFO Welcome Center 23 years ago and hasn’t had any problems from earthlings or extraterrestrials.

He has good reason to believe an earthling is responsible for the burglary of the TV: the thief didn’t enter the welcome center from the top, he said.

The entrance into the welcome center is through a ramp door, which Pendarvis designed with two pulley cables on each side. An electric motor powers the ramp door to open and close.

Pendarvis said that someone tampered with the ramp door when it was up, then crawled into the welcome center and stole his 32-inch Emerson flatscreen TV.

Pendarvis reported the theft and attempted theft to the Bowman Police Department.