Rachel, Nevada —

The first time Fontella “Faun” Day believes she saw life from another planet, it came from above.

It was a cloudy afternoon in Rachel, Nevada, and the phones and computers at the Alien Cowpoke gas station and mini mart where she works had been glitching for hours.

When Day finished her shift, she stepped outside for the short drive back to her home in the middle of the Mojave Desert. That’s when she saw it: Up in the sky, a peculiar cloud formation that looked remarkably like a flying saucer.

Her heart was pounding. She blinked to make sure she wasn’t hallucinating. Even after she rubbed her eyes, the shape was still there, she says, hovering right above her. Something inside of her told her to grab her cell phone and snap some pictures. Today those images — and the

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