In 1985 a man wrote to the Ministry of Defence， politely explaining thathe had been in contact with aliens since the age of 7. He had visitedalien bases in Cheshire and Wirral， he said， befriended a charmingalien called Algar and seen a UFO shot down next to Wallasey Town Hall，\"as if done by an invisible entity\". The writer described how he hadarranged for his alien chum to meet representatives of the Government，but sadly Algar was killed by rival aliens before the meeting could takeplace. The writer concluded: \"That， of course， was that.\"