Originally known as St. Paul des Métis, St. Paul is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada. The community was originally founded as a Métis colony in 1896, but the colony later dissolved sometime between 1905 and 1909. Since then the area has been made available to other groups, primarily the French-Catholic. The 2012 municipal census counted a population of 5,844.
St. Paul is home to the world's first UFO landing pad, built as a centennial project in an effort to attract both tourists and Martians to the municipality. The pad consists of a raised platform with a map of Canada embossed on the back stop, consisting of stones provided by each province of Canada.
On June 3, 1967, Paul Hellyer, Minister of National Defence, flew in by helicopter to officially open the Pad. The pad was one of over 100 Centennial Projects organized by the town. The sign beside the pad reads:
"The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."
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