ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Police said a motorcycle officer who stopped a driver for speeding on a highway near Atlanta had an "extraterrestrial encounter" -- sort of. A police spokesman said when the officer pulled the man over Sunday, a life-sized doll of a big-eyed, large-skulled alien was riding in the front passenger seat. The driver was clocked at 84 mph. The driver got off with a verbal warning -- and some laughs from the officer.
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