UFO Crashes into Wind Farm

[Toad]

'Strange lights' as turbine damaged

An investigation is under way into how a blade was mysteriously torn off a wind turbine amid reports of "strange lights" in the sky. The turbine at Conisholme in Lincolnshire was left wrecked after the incident.

The Sun quoted residents speculating the damage could have been caused by a UFO. Wind turbine company Ecotricity said it had never seen anything like it before. A spokeswoman said: "We're conducting a thorough investigation into what happened. This kind of thing has never happened to us before."

The missing blade was found on the ground beneath the turbine, she said, adding that the company could not speculate on the cause of the damage. Robert Palmer, 66, leader of East Lindsey District Council and member of Lincolnshire County Council, wants both authorities to investigate what happened. A turkey farmer from North Somercotes, he said he saw a bright white light with an orange edge as he drove close to the turbine on Sunday morning.

He said: "I would be very interested to find out what it was. If we are being looked at by other people, by other planets, it would be interesting to find out why they have chosen this part of the country. It's a rich agricultural part of the country and we have got a concentration of turbines here which may have fascinated them. You just don't know, do you?

"I am not counting it out that it was a UFO. There are things out there that you cannot explain. I would have thought that if it was a UFO, it would have been more sophisticated than to drive in to the turbine. It's fascinating."

The Ministry of Defence said it was not looking into the incident.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/stor ... 03,00.html

[vyapada]

Of course it was a UFO; people don't know what it was!

[my_wan]

Wind turbines are notorious for blowing themselves up in high wind.

If the blade simply cracked in a high wind, then losing that blade under more normal circumstances wouldn't be much of a mystery. The reports of lights could have been a short. Generally anything observed, such as lights, between the time the blade was lost and the time it was noticed, gets reported as mysterious due to the lost blade itself getting labeled mysterious. Such reports wouldn't be of interest otherwise.

[Mazille]

I guess E.T. decided to go on a road-trip while completely stoned.

[Toad]

I suppose some aliens could have been sitting up in orbit bored out of their heads, then one of them said "Hey let wreck some wind turbines again..."

[andyx1205]

I guess E.T. decided to go on a road-trip while completely stoned.

I heard they got the reallll good stuff down in Andromeda.

[Xaeryx]

For the past few weeks I've seen a very bright light every morning and evening. Venus.

[besleybean]

They showed some pix, very inconclusive. The blade certainly took a whack. I can't help thinking it seems a bit odd that alien life could be intelligent enough to get all the way here,but can't avoid a wind turbine!

[DNEH]

The Sun quoted residents speculating the damage could have been caused by a UFO.

This was in the Sun! Well, that convinces me

[TBickle]

He said: "I would be very interested to find out what it was. If we are being looked at by other people, by other planets, it would be interesting to find out why they have chosen this part of the country. It's a rich agricultural part of the country and we have got a concentration of turbines here which may have fascinated them. You just don't know, do you?

Oh yes, because extra-terrestrial life that has the capability of inter-stellar travel is going to be distracted by a spinning turbine.

Everyone remember this! If we're ever attacked by aliens all we'll need to do it set up a bunch of brightly colored pinwheels to distract them.