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| 2009-08-17 | ||
| A UFO was seen firing laser beams into the ground while hovering over a cemetery in Widnes in Cheshire by a young man on his way home after a night out. A police officer sent later to investigate found a railway sleeper was "still smouldering". The man -- "a sensible sort of lad and genuine", according to police -- was going home at about 2.30am on July 15, 1996, when he noticed he was being followed by a bright yellow light as he crossed a footbridge from Avondale Drive into Upton. According to a police log released today by the Ministry of Defence, he reported the light was "two houses high" and that it followed him when he tried to walk away from it. He told police it made a high-pitched noise "like cats wailing", before blasting light beams downwards.
The official record shows a police officer was sent to the scene and he reported there was no sign of an accelerant being used. The officer reported to his station: "One of the sleepers is still smouldering. It does look rather odd." The local chief inspector was informed as well as the Aeronautical Information Service -- which passes information to the air authorities to ensure the skies are safe. | ||
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #15 Snifters? You do drink fancy stuff, Crazy Fool. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-08-17 23:40 |
| #14 Optical effect... yeah... and a few too many snifters [drinks] to boot. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-08-17 20:03 |
| #13 One of these days, I would like to see a UFO over Phoenix that isn't a USAF aircraft en route, to or from San Diego. They fly back and forth between there and Groom Lake ("Homey Airport", one of the silliest AFB names around.) This is because the coast off of San Diego down towards Baja is about the only place in the US where you can go supersonic without ticking off the locals. They used to travel too close to the coast, until San Diego asked them to take it further out to sea. The disinformation campaign after The Phoenix Lights was a hoot. We figure he blew his transmission and had to hover for an hour until the breeze blew him enough out of the city so he could land where the AF mechs were waiting. "You idiot! You forgot to double-clutch! Sir!" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-08-17 19:29 |
| #12 Yah, Phil_b, it was an optical effect. A temperature inversion combined with certain clouds can wreack havok with those cheap chinese knockoff cloaking devices. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-08-17 17:23 |
| #11 key words... "...after a night out.... |
| Posted by: Hupoluque Smith8862 2009-08-17 16:52 |
| #10 How come they only grab some drooling hick driving his pick-em-up truck through the swamp? Then there's that whole "anal probe" thing. What's that about? |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-08-17 16:31 |
| #9 I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords. Look, they can't be any worse than Joe Biden, can they? |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-08-17 15:45 |
| #8 #7 I once saw a UFO, just like the one in #6. It must have been some kind of optical effect, perhaps from clouds. But do they still call, or write? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-17 15:21 |
| #7 I once saw a UFO, just like the one in #6. It must have been some kind of optical effect, perhaps from clouds. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-08-17 15:13 |
| #6 This was taken in Estonia last Friday. /I want to believe |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2009-08-17 14:07 |
| #5 They came 150 light years and only zapped a couple of railroad ties? (Voice of Scotty) Capn, we need to calibrate the Phaser sightd they're a wee bit off |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-08-17 13:09 |
| #4 They came 150 light years and only zapped a couple of railroad ties? |
| Posted by: Spot 2009-08-17 13:05 |
| #3 http://www.gametrailers.com/video/launch-trailer-fallout-3/53671 |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-08-17 11:59 |
| #2 Kinda sub-par if they were only smouldering. I bet it wasn't even aliens. Amatures. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-08-17 11:51 |
| #1 Where's the kaboom? |
| Posted by: Marvin the Martian 2009-08-17 11:42 |