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Tuesday June 17, 2008

Oddball singer Robbie Williams has taken up camping in a bid to spot a UFO.

The ‘Feel’ singer — who currently lives in Los Angeles — has purchased a tent, sleeping bag, cooking gear and survival equipment so he can sleep under the Californian stars in the hope of seeing an extraterrestrial spacecraft.

A source close to the alien-obsessed star said, “Robbie has been taking pals out to the woods for long weekends.

“He wants to live like a cowboy in a Western. He also has a fascination with UFOs and thinks he has more chance of seeing one away from Los Angeles’ bright lights.”

It was recently claimed that former Take That star Robbie was planning to splash out $5m million on an alien observatory after spending all his free time visiting Arizona’s National Optical Astronomy Observatory, in Tucson.

A source said, “He is leading a bizarre existence at the moment, vanishing into the desert to look at starts in far-flung galaxies.

“He is dead set on buying himself an observatory in the desert, which can cost up to $5million. He is hooked on all things from outer space.”

Robbie, 34, has has previously claimed he has been visited by spaceships on three occasions.

“I was lying on my sun lounger outside at night. Above me was a square thing that passed over my head slightly and shot off,” he said.