UFO damages wind turbine?
- From: Dave Smith <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 04:02:36 -0800 (PST)
This report from the Telegraph.co.uk website might be of interest.
The incident it describes could provide an interesting 'ufology' case
study. I expect in due course some prosaic explanation, like the one
mentioned at the end of the artice, will spoil the
excitement............
Wind turbine destroyed after 'octopus UFO' seen in sky
An octopus-shaped UFO was reported flying through the air hours before
a wind turbine was destroyed in mysterious circumstances.
By Matthew Moore
08 Jan 2009
Dozens of residents claimed to have seen bright flashing spheres in
the skies near Louth, Lincolnshire, where a 290ft turbine was mangled
in a mystery collision.
One woman said she saw the an object fly towards the wind farm, while
others described the lights as being linked by "tentacles", leading
locals to dub it the octopus UFO.
Dorothy Willows, who lives a mile and a half from the crash site,
said: "The lights were moving across the sky towards the wind farm.
Then I saw a low flying object. It was skimming across the sky towards
the turbines."
Later on Sunday night, one of a turbine's 65ft blades was ripped off
and another severely damaged.
The Health and Safety Executive described the damage as a "unique
incident", and the energy firm Ecotricity which owns the 20-turbine
site say it has no explanation.
"We are struggling to find an answer, yes, and it has been quite
interesting to read the reports in the press about what people have
seen," Dale Vince from the company told BBC Radio Four's Today
programme..
"It sounds unbelievable but actually we don't have any explanation at
the moment.
"Give us a few days and if there is a rational explanation we will
find it."
Robert Palmer, chairman of East Lindsey District Council, was among
the dozens of people who reported seeing strange lights in the sky in
the evening before the incident. Another witness, John Harrison,
described looking at the farm out of his window and seeing "a massive
ball of light with tentacles going right down to the ground".
UFO enthusiasts have described the incident as potentially one of the
most significant encounters in years, and have called for the damaged
parts to be tested to uncover the cause of the collision.
A more down-to-earth theory is that the turbine was damaged due to the
build up of ice on the blades.
The Ministry of Defence said that it did not investigae UFO sightings
unless there was evidence of a potential threat to the UK.
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