A town in Chile is opening the country to some interesting publicity as it opens the first every UFO trail in Chile.

San Clemente is a town approximately 240 km south of the country’s capital, Santiago, and is known as a bit of a hotspot for ‘extraterrestrial activity’.

The new UFO trail is 30 km long and takes in a site where apparently alien craft has visited.  It also includes a number of lookout spots that are ideal for scanning the sky for flying saucers.

The tourism organisation for Chile, Sernatur, has backed the initiative.  The director of the service, Oscar Santelices, says:

“We support the creation of this UFO trail because experts say that it is a “hot zone” for watchers.”

Researchers for extraterrestrial phenomena have reported literally hundreds of UFO sightings in the town of San Clemente from the mid-1990’s to date.

El Enladrillado is one of the more popular sports in the area and is a 2,300 metre high volcanic block area, claimed to be a UFO landing pad.

Perhaps this UFO trail will attract much more tourism to the area.