The UFO model has been built using galvanised steel and painted black
Olivia English said the symbols on the model were "no secret code - it's art"
Posted on 09/24/2014 11:39:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In December 1980, there were reports of phenomena in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk near a United States Air Force base.
The Forestry Commission has created a metal interpretation of a UFO to add to its trail which commemorates the alleged sightings.
The commission said the sculpture was "impartial" and did not seek to answer the mystery.
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The Forestry Commission opened a UFO Trail in 2005 and placed three logs in a clearing where witnesses claimed a craft had landed and disappeared.
The new UFO will be placed in the same clearing.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Olivia English said the symbols on the model were "no secret code - it's art"
Something very strange seems to happen there but deciding it was aliens and erecting a monument is strange.
Makes it a destination for tourists, I suppose.
maybe
What would happen if we built a landing site and literally invited aliens to land there?
probably nothing
A fitting monument to a hoax. http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series3/rendlesham_ufos.shtml
Or, we could disappear from history.
Like the Nascans.
Why do you call it a hoax?
>Why do you call it a hoax?
Why did you not click the link?
As an aside, I clicked on a link, "17 BIZARRE HISTORICAL IMAGES YOU WON'T BELIEVE ACTUALLY HAPPENED" at the site and found something mildly interesting:
(Original Ronald McDonald, 1963)
I think that brilliant piece of marketing deserves to be memorialized somewhere with the marketing genius creator's name on it...wow.
Insofar as the 'ufo sculpture' goes, 'tis a shame Brits have lost their capitalist instincts; it should be painted RED, have lights visible from passing aircraft and a nearby caravan peddling foodstuffs, paperweights and flying model UAVs...
Sometimes it is the de-bunking attempt which is the bunk.
Is there a pool for how long it stays there?
I suspect it will be there for a while — question is how long before it gets tagged.
Not that I ever believed the ET stuff, figuring it combination of misidentification, hangovers (it was the holidays), weather, and a lighthouse.
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