Los Angeles, CA (WFN) -- A paranormal expert in Los Angeles thinks he may know the culprit to last week's blackout: E.T.

Dr. Franklin Ruehl -- the resident UFO expert on Tom Green's new MTV talk show -- says it's not uncommon for UFOs to be seen hovering near power plants right before blackouts.

Ruehl claims that prior to the big blackout in November, 1965, two pilots reported seeing UFOs near Indianapolis and Syracuse, New York.

The phenomenon may be inadvertant but Ruehl says it's possible a UFO caused this year's blackout by trying to draw power from a provider like First Energy.

Numerous such blackouts have occurred since 1953 but Ruehl admits more research is needed before he can prove that E.T. truly caused the outage.

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