UK:UFO blamed for wrecking wind turbine after 65ft-long blade is ripped off

DailyMail.uk ^ | 08th January 2009 | Daily Mail Reporter

[yankeedame]

UFO blamed for wrecking wind turbine after 65ft-long blade is ripped off

An investigation was underway today into how a wind turbine had a 65ft-long blade torn off - after locals claimed UFOs were behind it....

...at 4am, locals heard a ‘massive bang’ and reported lights in the vicinity of the noise.

Mystery: The damaged wind turbine, with one of its blades
ripped off, in Conisholme, Lincolnshire

By dawn the 290ft-tall turbine was a wreck, with one of its three blades twisted while another was missing. It was later found on the ground nearby....

There were no reports of low-flying aircraft in the area at the time of the incident on Sunday morning....

...The damage was described by the Health and Safety Executive as a 'unique incident'

But many locals are now pointing the blame at the ‘Octopus UFO’ – so named because of the tentacles and how the lights appeared joined in formation.

Strange goings-on: Locals reported seeing the lights
joined in formation

Witness: Lesley Whittingham took a photograph of the lights,
below. She said they remained in the sky for several minutes

[Mr. Jazzy]

The old lady looks like ET!

[brownsfan]

People are so stupid.
UFOs, Bigfoot, Barack Obama... it’s a wonder we haven’t self exterminated already.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Looks like she took a picture of a sun dog.

[mgc1122]

Uh huh ... right. You’d think an interplanetary craft would be capable of missing a spinning 65 foot blade ... maybe the skipper was doing Jello shots.

[xcamel]

3rd post

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

But many locals are now pointing the blame at the ‘Octopus UFO’ – so named because of the tentacles and how the lights appeared joined in formation.

Even the space aliens are getting sick of the greenieweenies.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Alternative Energy Ping! :)

[Tarpon]

Right about the stupid, wrong about the order Obama, UFO, bigfoot.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

We’ve come fairly close (eugenics, abortion, Hitler, etc.)

[Vaquero]

in a related story, Nessie has been blamed for poluting Loch Ness.

[Tallguy]

You have to love the conjuction of “Green Power” with belief in alien UFO’s!

[ZX12R]

People are so stupid. UFOs, Bigfoot, Barack Obama... it’s a wonder we haven’t self exterminated already.

Obama as president is less believable than the other two.

[omega4179]

If only the space aliens would take the greenies back to their home planet.

[Jagman]

It was actually caused by a collaboration among the Illuminati, the Bilderbergers, Trilateralists, the Masons and even the Shriners.

[ZX12R]

in a related story, Nessie has been blamed for poluting Loch Ness.

Haven't you heard?

"Veteran Loch Ness Monster Hunter Gives Up. Despite having hundreds of sonar contacts over the years, the trail has since gone cold and Rines believes that Nessie may be dead, a victim of global warming."

[TexGuy]

in a related story, Nessie has been blamed for poluting Loch Ness.

Alert Greenpeace! I foresee an expedition to kill the fargin' bastage.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Surely a collision involving that much force must have left some sort of artefact or residue on the turbine blade. It should be very carefully inspected for any evidence left behind by the object that hit it.

[This_far]

Well, it’s sure to leave a mark, somewhere.

(anyone check the local coal miners’ garages?)

[DManA]

Metal fatigue. Expect lots more blades to fall off.