FRANKLIN, Ind. (WDRB) -- There are people who believe in aliens, and then there are people who know they exist.
"When I was 8-years-old, I saw a flying saucer," Steve Anderson said.
Steve Anderson is one of those "creatures."
"I'm an alien!" he said with a smile. "When I have fun, my antennas go up."
A lot of that fun happens in the driver's seat of his spaceship that looks like it flew out of Area 51. It's actually from our area of the country.
"It's quite the sight," said one onlooker.
"The Martians have landed," added another.
Anderson is often spotted on Hoosiers streets. Sometimes, even parking for pizza.
"I know this pizza is out of this world," said apparent dad joke expert and owner of Greek's Pizza, Jason Tapp.
"Everybody stops, and they go 'Oh my gosh, can I get a picture?'" Anderson said. "Of course, it's 20 bucks," he joked.
His giant alien shades probably give away that Anderson doesn't mind the attention.
"They've got to ask all the questions," Anderson said.
"Does he drive on the interstate?" one lady asked.
"Everybody wanted to know the base model from the earthly creation," added Tapp.
It used to be a 1991 Geo Metro.
"I drove it around, and drove it around, then I end up getting another car," explained Anderson. "Then I thought, what am I going to do with this one?"
The long time mechanic transformed it right after the new millennium began, and he's taken it everywhere since.
"Went to Las Vegas," he said. "Woke that town up."
Anderson made headlines when he got pulled over several times on the way to the UFO Festival in Roswell, NM.
"This has happened ever since I built it," Anderson said.
The officers just wanted to look inside and take a picture.
"The guy pulls me over, I have these glasses on, and I go 'I come in peace,'" Anderson explained. "He starts laughing."
You don't have to wear a badge to get in, he'll let anyone in, as long as you wear the glasses, and have some fun.
There are people who believe, and then there are people who know what life here on Earth is supposed to be about. That's Anderson, no matter the planet he actually calls home.
"I think that was my calling was to be able to entertain people and give them joy," said Anderson.
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