Stories of UFO sightings still capture the public’s imagination.

A 1950 FBI memo sent to then-Director J. Edgar Hoover about alleged flying saucers in New Mexico is the most in-demand file in the bureau’s electronic reading room.

The document recounting the tale of three saucers allegedly found with three small, human-shaped bodies has been read nearly 1 million times in the “reading room’’ that can be accessed via FBI.gov/foia.

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A flightless, ostrich-like bird called a rhea flew the coop in Pennsylvania and is on the lam.

The big bird — about 5-feet tall — jumped over a fence at its farm in Beaver County and took to the woods.

The nimble land creature has eluded capture so far and cops want to confer with wildlife experts.

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This rescue was a real sting operation.

Beekeepers spent 12 hours swarming over a highway in Oregon to rescue millions of buzzers that got loose after a truck crashed and dumped its cargo of 200 hives.

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Talk about a sicko plan to make money.

Three Texans allegedly stole an ambulance in Houston — then tried to peddle it for scrap metal.

They were arrested at the Texas Port Recycling Center near Conroe after they tried to sell the ambulance, investigators said.

Cops are now looking into other auto-theft cases to see if the brazen trio might be involved.

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An Austrian town turned into the Old West after a herd of 43 steers escaped their fenced-in pasture and headed straight to a suburb of Freistadt.

The critters stampeded onto a highway and police and volunteer firefighters morphed into cowboys in a two-day effort to round them up.

As of yesterday, 18 cattle were still enjoying freedom.