ROSWELL, N.M. — The Earthlings trying to get the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell built say construction on the planned facility has been put on hold indefinitely.

Museum director Julie Shuster said in an interview Monday with the Roswell Daily Record that the museum project is on indefinite hold due to circumstances beyond their control.

Efforts to build a 30,000 square-foot, space age looking building have been under way for five years.

Shuster would not say what caused the museum to be delayed or possibly tossed altogether other than something happened to set the project back.

Shuster says the museum's board intends to revisit the plans after this year's UFO Festival.