LEGO UFOs: The Truth Is Out There…
Source: Yuan He, Flickr
Oh, it’s out there, alright! It’s World UFO Day, earthlings… um… BrickNerd fans—or UAP as it’s currently known in official government circles. In fact, there have been Congressional hearings on the subject in recent months, lending some credence to those of us on the fringe since the X-Files days.
(I would also like to recommend a series that was on the History Channel called Project Blue Book based on a real Air Force investigative program.)
But to mark World UFO Day, we are rounding up some stellar LEGO UFOs that are sure to abduct your imagination. They are out of this world!
LEGO Admits UFOs Exist!
In the late 1990s, LEGO had its own series of UFOs as a sub-theme of LEGO Space. I picked up a few of the sets back in the day, mainly for the nifty saucer pieces and neon yellow windshields. As it turned out, the large printed pieces didn’t end up as useful in MOCs as I had thought they might. And a few of them seem to have… disappeared?
Source: Brickset
Source: Brickset
I Believe…
Source: Flickr
We all remember the UFO poster in Agent Mulder’s office. And there are plenty of LEGO fans who believe, too. Or maybe they just like building UFOs. We may never know…
Let’s start with a UFO MOC from Paweł Kamiński, who has created an accurate rendition of a craft seen in many X-Files episodes. Hovering low above the forests of British Columbia, this is the shot you’d see right before the craft would swoosh away at near-light speed, and then the credits would roll. Argh!! The dreaded cliffhanger ending! It was a thing.
Source: Flickr
We Will Not Go Quietly Into The Night!
No UFO MOC Roundup would be complete without an Independence Day ship. And what a SHIP this is! Check out the video of Allen T. Hickmon and Aaron Fiskum’s build at Brickworld back in 2017. Epic!
Source: YouTube
We’re Not Alone
So what started all of this UFO/UAP stuff, anyway? And why is today UFO Day? There’s this little town in New Mexico called Roswell. Here we’ve got a depiction of the events on that fateful day, July 2nd, 1947 by BrickNerd’s own Andreas Leander.
Source: Flickr
Jonny Campbell had a slightly different take with the aliens seemingly lost and in need of directions, and maybe a place for lunch. It was probably a long trip.
Source: Flickr
So there you have it BrickNerd readers, a little MOC round-up to commemorate our otherworldly friends. Hopefully, they have a sense of humor! Keep your eyes on the skies and your bricks ready for the next encounter of the LEGO kind.
Have you ever seen a real UFO/UAP? Did you build it out of LEGO? Let us know in the comments below.
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