LGMs, OK. Apemen? Not so sure.

Picked this up from the Astronomy Hoaxes link.

[B]New Mexico Has New Holiday to Honor Extraterrestrial Culture[/B]

New Mexicans can now celebrate every second Tuesday in February as "Extraterrestrial Culture Day" after a Roswell lawmaker's proposal won approval in the House.

Some lawmakers scoffed at the idea. But the sponsor of the memorial, Republican Rep. Daniel Foley, of Roswell, said life on other planets -- if you believe in it -- surely has its own set of cultural beliefs.

"They have some sort of culture, whether it's something we understand or not," he said.

The measure, approved Friday, claims extraterrestrials have contributed to recognition of New Mexico.

Newsworthy, even flakey, the only problem I can see is that the same legislature is hellbent on trying to remove the teaching of evolution from schools in the State...

"... continue their efforts to remove evolution from New Mexico schools. On February 15, 2000, the Senate Education Committee gave Sen. Rod Adair's 'Creation Theory' Bill a "DO PASS" recommendation, by a vote of 9-0. The bill, Senate Joint Memorial 47, was titled 'Requesting The State Board Of Education To Allow The Use Of Materials In The Classroom For The Study Of Creation Theory.' It never got to the full Senate. Adair is now the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor".

Apparently, there CAN be ancient, spacetravelling civilizations that require recognition. The possibility of the Earth (and life) being older than 7,000 years? Unscientific.