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UFO ?? yes or no
« on: 08 January 2009, 21:49:25 »
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Re: UFO ?? yes or no
« Reply #1 on: 08 January 2009, 21:50:36 »
Heard this on the radio today.. I think they are stumped too :o
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Re: UFO ?? yes or no
« Reply #2 on: 08 January 2009, 21:52:10 »
I had a look at the paper this morning!

Seems strange the actual Blade is missing, could be somthing and yes i do belive there is somthing out there.

However alot of people get over exited about stuff now and spoil things.

It is intresting all the same though.  :)
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« Reply #3 on: 08 January 2009, 21:53:00 »
the m.o.d said there not interested but i bet there having an investigation of there own on the quiet. probably say it was a seagulls wing caught it flying over  ;D
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« Reply #4 on: 08 January 2009, 21:54:19 »
Definately a UFO. A flying object that is, as of yet, unidentified. ::)
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« Reply #5 on: 08 January 2009, 21:57:05 »
The little green men landed, thought the turbine was an inhabitant of earth. When they tried to communicate and got peed off because the ignorant earthling wouldn't reply, they blew it's arm off in anger  :D
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« Reply #6 on: 08 January 2009, 21:59:39 »
Where I work, we have tested sections of some turbine blades and they are not weak little things, if as the bbc reported a light aircraft hit it, the aircraft would def have crashed.
I would guess the missing blade broke due to some defect and hit the damaged blade.
Would actually love it to be aliens, but I doubt it.

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« Reply #7 on: 08 January 2009, 22:00:56 »
I saw an excellent cartoon long ago. A flying saucer had landed and one of the occupants was chatting away to a petrol pump. His mate was saying to him "It's no good talking to him, he cant hear you, he's got his dick in his ear" ;D
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« Reply #8 on: 08 January 2009, 22:01:49 »
WHY DOES THE 71 YEAR OLD WITNESS LOOK LIKE THE ALIEN  IN THE PIC TO THE RIGHT???  Are they one and the same???

 Thats spooky. :o
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« Reply #9 on: 08 January 2009, 22:02:54 »
I'd say it was almost certainly ball lightning. The witnesses talking about "octopus" tentacles would indicate an electrical grounding, the same as you get in a plasma ball. The reason it "went" for the turbine was the the same as any lightning bolt, i.e. it was attracted by the metal..

Ball lightning is very rare and its causes are not understood well. However, if you do a Google search you will find some astonishing accounts e.g. http://www.hsv.com/weather/unusual/

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« Reply #10 on: 08 January 2009, 22:06:46 »
It possible the military know exactly what caused it!!! ::) ::) ::) ;)

..............and their equipment was responsible! :D ;)
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Re: UFO ?? yes or no
« Reply #11 on: 08 January 2009, 22:07:04 »
I dont dis-believe but don't 100% believe either, but that picture to be honest the image looks like the sun shining through a cloud if you ask me. As said that could've been lightning too.
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« Reply #12 on: 08 January 2009, 22:07:33 »
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I'd say it was almost certainly ball lightning. The witnesses talking about "octopus" tentacles would indicate an electrical grounding, the same as you get in a plasma ball. The reason it "went" for the turbine was the the same as any lightning bolt, i.e. it was attracted by the metal..

Ball lightning is very rare and its causes are not understood well. However, if you do a Google search you will find some astonishing accounts e.g. http://www.hsv.com/weather/unusual/

No green men, I fear.

Something to do with 'balls', that's for sure. ;D
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« Reply #13 on: 08 January 2009, 22:14:12 »
Well, in a sad moment I watched Space 1999 and UFO yesterday, remember them from the late 70's?
So I feel it must have been a UFO... ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #14 on: 08 January 2009, 22:15:10 »
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Well, in a sad moment I watched Space 1999 and UFO yesterday, remember them from the late 70's?
So I feel it must have been a UFO... ;D ;D ;D

God, doesn't it look dated and pathetic now.
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« Reply #15 on: 08 January 2009, 22:16:13 »
The pikeys have had it away for scrap ;)
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« Reply #16 on: 08 January 2009, 22:20:00 »
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Well, in a sad moment I watched Space 1999 and UFO yesterday, remember them from the late 70's?
So I feel it must have been a UFO... ;D ;D ;D

God, doesn't it look dated and pathetic now.

Yes, and as a teenager I loved them, noticed a Mk 1 Cortina in Space 1999 ::) and all those 60's modern office blocks that get used, I love to see how they felt the future, inc cars, would look back then ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #17 on: 08 January 2009, 22:20:19 »
Looked at the "Have Your Say" section and found that someone else has already put it down to ball lightning.

Unless I'm mistaken, lightning does NOT show up on radar.
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« Reply #18 on: 08 January 2009, 22:22:32 »
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Well, in a sad moment I watched Space 1999 and UFO yesterday, remember them from the late 70's?
So I feel it must have been a UFO... ;D ;D ;D

Was it UFO that had the submarine crewed by women in string vests ??
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« Reply #19 on: 08 January 2009, 22:33:58 »
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Looked at the "Have Your Say" section and found that someone else has already put it down to ball lightning.

Unless I'm mistaken, lightning does NOT show up on radar.


but where is the blade??
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« Reply #20 on: 08 January 2009, 22:36:23 »
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Looked at the "Have Your Say" section and found that someone else has already put it down to ball lightning.

Unless I'm mistaken, lightning does NOT show up on radar.


but where is the blade??

Taken away for tests.... ::)
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« Reply #21 on: 08 January 2009, 22:37:33 »
Yep ......just a few miles from where we live......all over the local news.
Lincolnshire is RAF county......so....well your guess is as good as mine. :y :y
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« Reply #22 on: 08 January 2009, 22:42:45 »
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Looked at the "Have Your Say" section and found that someone else has already put it down to ball lightning.

Unless I'm mistaken, lightning does NOT show up on radar.


but where is the blade??

I would imagine it may have disintegrated. A neighbour of mine, who recently sadly died, once experienced ball lightning while camping in Wales. He said there were several balls which exploded on the ground like mortars (he was ex-army).  :o  
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« Reply #23 on: 08 January 2009, 22:46:58 »
be honest, what the break would anyone want to come to earth for??
unless they stop off here to refuel  ;D ;D
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« Reply #24 on: 08 January 2009, 22:48:32 »
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Yep ......just a few miles from where we live......all over the local news.
Lincolnshire is RAF county......so....well your guess is as good as mine. :y :y

might have come for some sausages, on the way to cumberland  ::) ;D ;D
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« Reply #25 on: 08 January 2009, 22:50:03 »
I've seen the after effects of a lightning strike to a glider made out of composite materials and it's fair to say it is capable of that sort of destruction.

Oh, and a technician from the farm they interviewed on the radio today confirmed that the blade was indeed missing, but not for long. They found it lying in the grass under the turbine so I doubt it has been abducted by aliens.

I wouldn't mind betting that if one blade was damaged, the rest of the destruction happened purely because the thing was totally out of balance.

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« Reply #26 on: 08 January 2009, 22:54:30 »
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I've seen the after effects of a lightning strike to a glider made out of composite materials and it's fair to say it is capable of that sort of destruction.

Oh, and a technician from the farm they interviewed on the radio today confirmed that the blade was indeed missing, but not for long. They found it lying in the grass under the turbine so I doubt it has been abducted by aliens.

I wouldn't mind betting that if one blade was damaged, the rest of the destruction happened purely because the thing was totally out of balance.

Kevin

i met a german who was struck by lightning, he permanantly shakes. by the time he got his coffee from the machine and put it on the table half of it was on the floor. must be a horrendous feeling to be hit. i bet his missus gets a good rogering now  ;)
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« Reply #27 on: 08 January 2009, 22:55:03 »
What on earth was a 71 year old woman doing in her car at 4am?

Just back from the club was she ;D
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« Reply #28 on: 08 January 2009, 22:59:02 »
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What on earth was a 71 year old woman doing in her car at 4am?

Just back from the club was she ;D

dogging probably  ;)
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« Reply #29 on: 09 January 2009, 00:22:16 »
Hmm, with all the technology the little green men have to travel across the cosmos and they can't even avoid a whopping great propeller when coming in to land??

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« Reply #30 on: 09 January 2009, 00:39:10 »
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Definately a UFO. A flying object that is, as of yet, unidentified. ::)

Exactly !  Most think of U.F.O as some kind of alien space craft.  It could be a steak 'n' kidney pie, hurled with some velocity. If it is un-identified then it is an U.F.O
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« Reply #31 on: 09 January 2009, 00:46:39 »
They must be around, We cant be the only ones really can we?.
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« Reply #32 on: 09 January 2009, 04:05:30 »
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They must be around, We cant be the only ones really can we?.

no cant be, There's plenty of us dotted about :o

her indoors mums one ov em >:( jesus its orrible ;D
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« Reply #33 on: 09 January 2009, 08:31:44 »
I dont think human kind  as a very lonely creature in the universe is a clever thought.. ;D
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« Reply #34 on: 09 January 2009, 08:50:01 »
Why is it that "aliens" only appear in front of people of [size=9](ahem!)[/size] a 'certain' social group?.........`coming halfway across the galaxy to scare the willies out of a few slack-jawed hillbillies ;D
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Why is it that "aliens" only appear in front of people of [size=9](ahem!)[/size] a 'certain' social group?.........`coming halfway across the galaxy to scare the willies out of a few slack-jawed hillbillies ;D

a bit contrary but there are many official reports from Turkish war plane pilots.. :o

also add British and US pilots too..
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Why is it that "aliens" only appear in front of people of [size=9](ahem!)[/size] a 'certain' social group?.........`coming halfway across the galaxy to scare the willies out of a few slack-jawed hillbillies ;D

a bit contrary but there are many official reports from Turkish war plane pilots.. :o

also add British and US pilots too..


You are right Cem, which seems to give credence to something going on. :)

Police officers have also reported some very detailed incidents involving UFO's, and as I personally have seen at least one I do rather keep an open mind.  Although as I suggested in my earlier post on this thread, it is possible that the military are responsible for these events themselves, with the testing or operational running of highly advanced new craft, that we the public never know about until some time later. ::) ::) ::)   It is possible that we have learnt lessons from crashed UFO's (where from, who knows!) and are using that technology in Earth built craft. ;) ;)

As for the wind turbine "hit", I do rather like the suggestion made by Nickbat earlier that this could have been caused by ball / bolt lightening, the latter being more likely as ball lightening has been know for centuries by seafarers, hovering around their masts, doing no damage whatsoever.  However I cannot see any evidence of scorch marks on the remaining structure which I would expect. :-? :-?
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« Reply #37 on: 09 January 2009, 12:39:18 »
I certainly believe that there is life "out there"........but I do not believe that "Aliens" have ever visited us.........yet.

Apparently the most commonly sighted UFO......is Venus.

In the future ......many new civilisations may well be discovered....or they discover us....... :y :y :y
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Why is it that "aliens" only appear in front of people of [size=9](ahem!)[/size] a 'certain' social group?.........`coming halfway across the galaxy to scare the willies out of a few slack-jawed hillbillies ;D

a bit contrary but there are many official reports from Turkish war plane pilots.. :o

also add British and US pilots too..


You are right Cem, which seems to give credence to something going on. :)

Police officers have also reported some very detailed incidents involving UFO's, and as I personally have seen at least one I do rather keep an open mind.  Although as I suggested in my earlier post on this thread, it is possible that the military are responsible for these events themselves, with the testing or operational running of highly advanced new craft, that we the public never know about until some time later. ::) ::) ::)   It is possible that we have learnt lessons from crashed UFO's (where from, who knows!) and are using that technology in Earth built craft. ;) ;)

As for the wind turbine "hit", I do rather like the suggestion made by Nickbat earlier that this could have been caused by ball / bolt lightening, the latter being more likely as ball lightening has been know for centuries by seafarers, hovering around their masts, doing no damage whatsoever.  However I cannot see any evidence of scorch marks on the remaining structure which I would expect. :-? :-?

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you are lucky Lizzie..Although I watched the sky many nights when young never seen one :'(
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I certainly believe that there is life "out there"........but I do not believe that "Aliens" have ever visited us.........yet.

Apparently the most commonly sighted UFO......is Venus.

In the future ......many new civilisations may well be discovered....or they discover us....... :y :y :y


The only thing is Optimist is that the "Big Bang" and the start of the Universe creation was 13.7 billion years ago with atomic matter spreading out from a central position ever since.  It is just possible that an Earth like civilization was created many billions of years ago, so just imagine how advanced on us they would be on us who have been around a  mere 3.5 million years or so from the time of the species Homo or Homo Sapiens of about 250,000 years ago as many consider to be the start of the race of man to be? :-? :-?  

Pure speculation, without any evidence, yes, but still a possibility we should not ignore. ;)
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Why is it that "aliens" only appear in front of people of [size=9](ahem!)[/size] a 'certain' social group?.........`coming halfway across the galaxy to scare the willies out of a few slack-jawed hillbillies ;D

a bit contrary but there are many official reports from Turkish war plane pilots.. :o

also add British and US pilots too..


You are right Cem, which seems to give credence to something going on. :)

Police officers have also reported some very detailed incidents involving UFO's, and as I personally have seen at least one I do rather keep an open mind.  Although as I suggested in my earlier post on this thread, it is possible that the military are responsible for these events themselves, with the testing or operational running of highly advanced new craft, that we the public never know about until some time later. ::) ::) ::)   It is possible that we have learnt lessons from crashed UFO's (where from, who knows!) and are using that technology in Earth built craft. ;) ;)

As for the wind turbine "hit", I do rather like the suggestion made by Nickbat earlier that this could have been caused by ball / bolt lightening, the latter being more likely as ball lightening has been know for centuries by seafarers, hovering around their masts, doing no damage whatsoever.  However I cannot see any evidence of scorch marks on the remaining structure which I would expect. :-? :-?

 :o

you are lucky Lizzie..Although I watched the sky many nights when young never seen one :'(

Yes Cem, I was indeed, and it happened one bright, sunny afternoon when visibility was perfect. :o 8-) 8-)
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