Ronald Reagan once asked Soviets to help defeat alien invasion

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ANI London
Last Updated : Apr 21 2015 | 11:48 AM IST

The former US President Ronald Reagan believed that aliens were planning an attack to conquer earth.

A new book claimed that the 40th President of the United States even asked Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev for Russian help to defeat the invasion, the Daily Star reported.

Sheffield-based author Dr David Clarke said that the former B-movie star was fascinated by films such as 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' and 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

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First Published: Apr 21 2015 | 11:32 AM IST

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