Did a UFO destroy a wind turbine in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, in eastern England last week?
Locals say they saw mysterious balls of light and other mysterious objects in the sky over the wind farm and a loud bang. The next morning, of the the wind turbines was discovered to have one of its three blades missing and another blade severely bent.
Locals believed a UFO crashed into it.
But the mystery may be solved.
The "UFO" may actually be a secret, hi-tech stealth bomber being tested by the British military in the area.
The state-of-the-art Taranis stealth bomber is named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with an artificial intelligence system. It is being developed by Britain's BAE Systems.
Britain is the world's second-largest defence spender, spending around $61 million on defence last year.
So all the villagers saw may be just a glimpse of the future of the British military.
Stealth bomber could have been UFO responsible for destroying wind turbine
By David Wilkes
09th January 2009
Daily Mail
The UFO allegedly responsible for wrecking a wind turbine could have been a secret British stealth bomber on test flights.
The claim came from Ministry of Defence insiders who reportedly said that a black delta-wing craft called Taranis was making test runs on the coastal bombing ranges at Donna Nook and North Coates in Lincolnshire, near to the site of the damaged turbine.
The Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with stealth equipment and an 'autonomous' artificial intelligence system.
Theory: Government officials claim the Taranis, being tested by the British military, was making test flights near to the area where a wind turbine was destroyed
The plane is being developed by BAE Systems and has been designed to deliver weapons to battlefields in other continents.
The UFO was spotted by hundreds of witnesses with many believing it was the work of an 'alien' craft.
One saw orangey-yellow spheres skimming across the sky.
Another reported a 'massive ball of light' with 'tentacles going right down to the ground'.
Then witnesses told of an earsplitting bang at 4am. Come dawn and the plot thickens.
At the nearby wind farm one of the 60ft blades from a 200ft turbine was found ripped off. Another had been left twisted and useless.
Mystery: The damaged wind turbine, with one of its blades ripped off, in Conisholme, Lincolnshire
So far, so mysterious, except - of course - to the UFO experts.
For them, the strange goings on at a wind farm in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, can be explained by a flying saucer crashing into the turbine in a close encounter that could, at last, provide the evidence of other life forms they have been waiting for all their lives.
John Harrison, of nearby Saltfleetby, saw the ball of light and its 'tentacles' over the farm. 'It was an incredible sight, I have never seen anything like it before,' he said. 'I have no idea what it was.'
Broken blade: The damaged wind turbine at the centre of the Lincolnshire UFO mystery
Lesley Whittingham tried to photograph the scene. 'It looked like a giant explosion in the air,' she said.
Dorothy Willows saw orangeyyellow spheres. 'I don't believe in UFOs but it was a low-flying object,' said Mrs Willows. Her husband Stephen was woken by a sudden noise hours later on Sunday morning when the damage to the turbines happened.
Could that have been the sound of a UFO hitting it?
Council chief Robert Palmer said he had seen a 'round object with a slight red trim hovering near the top of the turbines' that night too.
'When I heard what had happened I was slightly worried so I've called for a full health and safety review,' said Mr Palmer, 66.
'If the aliens are coming, I want to be there to meet and greet them.'
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Yesterday your reporter visited the scene and, while I failed to see any little green men, I did find four little men in green uniforms.
But they had arrived by van, not spaceship, and worked for Ecotricity, the company that built the wind farm.
UFO expert Nick Pope, a former head of the Ministry of Defence's UFO Project, said: 'This is a really bizarre case. What's particularly exciting is that because there's been a collision, there will be residue of the object involved.
Witness: Lesley Whittingham took a photograph of the lights, below. She said they remained in the sky for several minutes
'Forensic science will enable this material to be recovered and analysed. This elevates this UFO case, because with most sightings all you have is eyewitness testimony or indistinct and shaky film footage taken on a mobile phone.'
Despite his confidence in obtaining hard evidence, a glance around the bleak Fenland landscape provided another mystery.
Having travelled billions of miles to visit Earth, why would our alien friends land in the hamlet of Conisholme, where there are no shops and no pub, but oddly there is an ice cream parlour?
The thought had crossed the mind of the nearest resident to the wind farm.
The woman, who gave her name as Sheila, said she saw or heard nothing on Sunday night and added: 'I hope that one day we will see aliens, but I doubt it will happen in that field.
'I've lived here for 20 years and nothing interesting has ever happened here.'
The location of the windfarm, near North Somercotes in Lincolnshire
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Proof at last... aliens in UFOs are far more intelligent than we are
10th January 2009
Daily Mail
Peter Hithens
If visitors from another galaxy really are going round destroying wind turbines, then it is the proof we have been waiting for that aliens are more intelligent than we are.
The swivel-eyed, intolerant cult, which endlessly shrieks – without proof – that global warming is man-made, has produced many sad effects.
The collapse of proper education has made two whole generations vulnerable to rubbishy fads.
The damaged wind turbine in Conisholme, Lincolnshire: Evidence of superior intelligence from another galaxy?
But the disfiguring of the country with useless windmills, and the insane plan to ban proper light bulbs, are supreme triumphs of this dimwit pseudo-religion.
Both schemes override facts and logic. During the current cold spell, observant persons will have noticed that there has been very little wind, a rather common combination.
Thus, at a time of great need for power, wind turbines would be almost entirely useless for producing electricity.
They’re pretty feeble anyway. Even when they are working, sensible power stations have to be kept spinning, so that they can be flung into gear at short notice if the wind drops.
Yet, over the objections of reasonable protesters fearing for the ruined landscape, or dreading the annoying whine and whirr, the authorities have marched over the once-lovely hills and moors of Britain, planting grotesque and futile engines.
In intervals between erecting these daft objects, the Government (influenced by the awful EU) has also colluded in a plan to stop the sale of traditional light bulbs.
This is even though the supposed replacements are expensive, don’t reduce electricity use anything like as much as claimed, won’t fit many existing lamps, won’t work with dimmers, in many cases give off a light as cheery and bright as the baleful glow emitted by a decomposing dingo, won’t work in fridges, don’t last as long as claimed, and when they do go phut, must be disposed of with tongs because they contain deadly mercury vapour.
This is the price we pay for fanaticism, and for a low-grade political class without the courage to stand up against it.
True, it takes a little nerve to oppose this lobby. But if you don’t have that sort of nerve, you shouldn’t be in politics in the first place.
dailymail.co.uk
Locals say they saw mysterious balls of light and other mysterious objects in the sky over the wind farm and a loud bang. The next morning, of the the wind turbines was discovered to have one of its three blades missing and another blade severely bent.
Locals believed a UFO crashed into it.
But the mystery may be solved.
The "UFO" may actually be a secret, hi-tech stealth bomber being tested by the British military in the area.
The state-of-the-art Taranis stealth bomber is named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with an artificial intelligence system. It is being developed by Britain's BAE Systems.
Britain is the world's second-largest defence spender, spending around $61 million on defence last year.
So all the villagers saw may be just a glimpse of the future of the British military.
Stealth bomber could have been UFO responsible for destroying wind turbine
By David Wilkes
09th January 2009
Daily Mail
The UFO allegedly responsible for wrecking a wind turbine could have been a secret British stealth bomber on test flights.
The claim came from Ministry of Defence insiders who reportedly said that a black delta-wing craft called Taranis was making test runs on the coastal bombing ranges at Donna Nook and North Coates in Lincolnshire, near to the site of the damaged turbine.
The Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with stealth equipment and an 'autonomous' artificial intelligence system.
Theory: Government officials claim the Taranis, being tested by the British military, was making test flights near to the area where a wind turbine was destroyed
The plane is being developed by BAE Systems and has been designed to deliver weapons to battlefields in other continents.
The UFO was spotted by hundreds of witnesses with many believing it was the work of an 'alien' craft.
One saw orangey-yellow spheres skimming across the sky.
Another reported a 'massive ball of light' with 'tentacles going right down to the ground'.
Then witnesses told of an earsplitting bang at 4am. Come dawn and the plot thickens.
At the nearby wind farm one of the 60ft blades from a 200ft turbine was found ripped off. Another had been left twisted and useless.
Mystery: The damaged wind turbine, with one of its blades ripped off, in Conisholme, Lincolnshire
So far, so mysterious, except - of course - to the UFO experts.
For them, the strange goings on at a wind farm in Conisholme, Lincolnshire, can be explained by a flying saucer crashing into the turbine in a close encounter that could, at last, provide the evidence of other life forms they have been waiting for all their lives.
John Harrison, of nearby Saltfleetby, saw the ball of light and its 'tentacles' over the farm. 'It was an incredible sight, I have never seen anything like it before,' he said. 'I have no idea what it was.'
Broken blade: The damaged wind turbine at the centre of the Lincolnshire UFO mystery
Lesley Whittingham tried to photograph the scene. 'It looked like a giant explosion in the air,' she said.
Dorothy Willows saw orangeyyellow spheres. 'I don't believe in UFOs but it was a low-flying object,' said Mrs Willows. Her husband Stephen was woken by a sudden noise hours later on Sunday morning when the damage to the turbines happened.
Could that have been the sound of a UFO hitting it?
Council chief Robert Palmer said he had seen a 'round object with a slight red trim hovering near the top of the turbines' that night too.
'When I heard what had happened I was slightly worried so I've called for a full health and safety review,' said Mr Palmer, 66.
'If the aliens are coming, I want to be there to meet and greet them.'
Enlarge
Yesterday your reporter visited the scene and, while I failed to see any little green men, I did find four little men in green uniforms.
But they had arrived by van, not spaceship, and worked for Ecotricity, the company that built the wind farm.
UFO expert Nick Pope, a former head of the Ministry of Defence's UFO Project, said: 'This is a really bizarre case. What's particularly exciting is that because there's been a collision, there will be residue of the object involved.
Witness: Lesley Whittingham took a photograph of the lights, below. She said they remained in the sky for several minutes
'Forensic science will enable this material to be recovered and analysed. This elevates this UFO case, because with most sightings all you have is eyewitness testimony or indistinct and shaky film footage taken on a mobile phone.'
Despite his confidence in obtaining hard evidence, a glance around the bleak Fenland landscape provided another mystery.
Having travelled billions of miles to visit Earth, why would our alien friends land in the hamlet of Conisholme, where there are no shops and no pub, but oddly there is an ice cream parlour?
The thought had crossed the mind of the nearest resident to the wind farm.
The woman, who gave her name as Sheila, said she saw or heard nothing on Sunday night and added: 'I hope that one day we will see aliens, but I doubt it will happen in that field.
'I've lived here for 20 years and nothing interesting has ever happened here.'
The location of the windfarm, near North Somercotes in Lincolnshire
********************************************************************
Proof at last... aliens in UFOs are far more intelligent than we are
10th January 2009
Daily Mail
Peter Hithens
If visitors from another galaxy really are going round destroying wind turbines, then it is the proof we have been waiting for that aliens are more intelligent than we are.
The swivel-eyed, intolerant cult, which endlessly shrieks – without proof – that global warming is man-made, has produced many sad effects.
The collapse of proper education has made two whole generations vulnerable to rubbishy fads.
The damaged wind turbine in Conisholme, Lincolnshire: Evidence of superior intelligence from another galaxy?
But the disfiguring of the country with useless windmills, and the insane plan to ban proper light bulbs, are supreme triumphs of this dimwit pseudo-religion.
Both schemes override facts and logic. During the current cold spell, observant persons will have noticed that there has been very little wind, a rather common combination.
Thus, at a time of great need for power, wind turbines would be almost entirely useless for producing electricity.
They’re pretty feeble anyway. Even when they are working, sensible power stations have to be kept spinning, so that they can be flung into gear at short notice if the wind drops.
Yet, over the objections of reasonable protesters fearing for the ruined landscape, or dreading the annoying whine and whirr, the authorities have marched over the once-lovely hills and moors of Britain, planting grotesque and futile engines.
In intervals between erecting these daft objects, the Government (influenced by the awful EU) has also colluded in a plan to stop the sale of traditional light bulbs.
This is even though the supposed replacements are expensive, don’t reduce electricity use anything like as much as claimed, won’t fit many existing lamps, won’t work with dimmers, in many cases give off a light as cheery and bright as the baleful glow emitted by a decomposing dingo, won’t work in fridges, don’t last as long as claimed, and when they do go phut, must be disposed of with tongs because they contain deadly mercury vapour.
This is the price we pay for fanaticism, and for a low-grade political class without the courage to stand up against it.
True, it takes a little nerve to oppose this lobby. But if you don’t have that sort of nerve, you shouldn’t be in politics in the first place.
dailymail.co.uk
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