Billionaire Richard Branson has a thing for spaceships. He’s spearheading commercial spaceflight with his company Virgin Galactic, and back in 1989, he faked a UFO landing outside of London.
Sir Richard painted a hot air balloon to look like a flying saucer, donned a silver jumpsuit, and set sail. He had planned on landing on April 1 in Hyde Park, but poor wind conditions forced him to land a day earlier, making it a not-quite April Fool's prank. Upon seeing the saucer, concerned motorists informed the police, who arrived in time to see Branson step out of the craft dressed as an alien.
