TIL that on April Fools Day in 1989, billionaire Richard Branson designed a hot air balloon to look like a UFO, and hired a dwarf in an E.T. costume to come out and scare whoever was near it when it landed.

http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/ufos



Submitted April 03, 2015 at 04:25AM by bearjew64 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/318x07/til_that_on_april_fools_day_in_1989_billionaire/