Aliens and Sports

SI Staff | Jul 10, 2012

Aliens and Sports /

Aliens and Sports

With it being the 65th anniversary of the Roswell 'UFO' crash, we take a look at aliens seen around sports. Formula One driver Bruno Senna wears an alien mask as he tests his car at Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Nov. 24, 2011.

Aliens occupy the stands during "Turn Ahead the Clock Night" before a Brewers-Marlins game on July 23, 1999 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami.

Rugby Sevens fans dressed as aliens pose in the stands during day two of the third round of the IRB International Sevens on Feb. 3, 2007 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

Fans arrive for a game between the New Mexico Lobos and the Nevada Wolf Pack in the New Mexico Bowl at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM on Dec. 22, 2007.

London 2012 Olympic Games mascot, Wenlock (left), and Paralympic mascot, Mandeville, strike a pose during their launch at St Paul's School, in east London on May 19, 2010.

The logo of the minor league baseball team Las Vegas 51s, as in Area 51, was unveiled on Dec. 26, 2000 in Las Vegas.

An extraterrestrial doll sits in the stands unnoticed during the World Men's Curling Championships on April 8, 2009 in Moncton, Canada.

An alien is held amongst the Yeovil fans during the FA Cup First Round between Reading and Yeovil at Madejski Stadium in Reading, England on Oct. 30, 1999.

A youth soccer team poses during the UFO Cup Youth Soccer tournament in Roswell, NM on June 21, 2003.

Transplant athletes and participants from the team from the state of New Mexico march wearing alien masks during the opening ceremonies on July 12, 2008 at the National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

A hot air balloon with a design of an alien face flies at the 25nd Annual Red Rock Balloon Rally on Dec. 4, 2005 at Red Rock State Park in Gallup, NM.

Shaun White looks to give a high five during practice for the men's snowboard superpipe elimination during Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain on Jan. 29, 2012 in Aspen, Colorado.

A Notre Dame fan dresses up as an alien Fighting Irish during a game against Michigan on Sept. 11, 2010 in South Bend, IN.

Senators goalie Patrick Lalime wears a mask with Marvin the Martian during a game against the Flyers on April 26, 2002 in Philadelphia.

Golf innovator Pat Simmons' Alien sand wedge club head is displayed.

Published Jul 10, 2012

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