[GSP.FAN]

Pilots have apparently fired upon the unidentified objects without success since the 1980s, according to Nick Pope, who used to run the Ministry of Defence's UFO project.

If this is true, kinda dangerous getting it on with a race that has lightspeed capability.

[krb]

kinda dangerous getting it on with a race that has lightspeed capability.

Sounds to me more like excellent "rules of engagement" to provide cover from rogue prosecutors trying to go after your air force after things get weird.

[Tarpon]

Distraction, the UFO stories always red lines when the political class gets into trouble. And this time they got heap big trouble.

[allmost]

Kind of like telling a caveman to throw a rock at an F-22.

[Oztrich Boy]

"This is a day of peace on planet Earth. Tell them we extend that peace to the Sycorax. And then tell them that this planet is armed and we do not surrender.” - Harriet Jones, Prime Minister

[TheWasteLand]

Earlier this month, residents in the Lincolnshire Wolds were left puzzled by the destruction of a wind turbine within hours of several sightings of strange glowing orbs.

Probably caused by nutty RAF pilots firing at UFOs.

[Red Steel]

Info ping.

[DeuceTraveler]

You guys are missing the point. Brown finally found a target he is willing to engage. Next he will declare a great victory over the Easter Bunny.

[DustyMoment]

This is a bad idea. We have already pi$$ed off the Martians to the extent that they shot down a couple of the probes we sent up there to check them out, then (at least, according to the Pepsi commercial), they jacked up one of the rovers we sent up there and stole the wheels.

The LAST thing we need is for the Brits to get them REALLY riled at us. I shudder to think what they will do!!! On a semi-serious note, I wonder if those blokes across "the pond" have given any thought to where the ordnance they fire at UFOs will eventually land when it falls back to earth?? There are laws of physics to be observed which this policy seems to ignore.

[2harddrive]

Actually, some people fired on Flying Saucers in the early 1970’s. They just never publicized it.

[iowamark]

[yazoo]

Good idea, shoot at something you can’t identify and hope it isn’t some poor sap in his Cessna.

[Kevmo]

The order is to “Intercept but don’t shoot”. That was the impetus for Renato Vesco’s book, “Intercept UFO”, which was originally published in Italian as “Intercettali Senza Sparare” which is “Intercept but don’t shoot”. It’s by far the best book ever written on UFOs, outlining the case for man-made military secret weapons as the explanation.

http://www.amazon.com/Intercept-UFO-Story-Flying-Saucers/dp/B001MPQ3B2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233116923&sr=1-3

[pankot]

Gotta catch ‘em before you can shoot ‘em—and you can’t catch our experimental American aircraft. Dolts!

[seemoAR]

On 7 January 1948, a P-51 fighter was reported to have been shot down by a huge circular UFO over Kentucky.