AlexJames Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 A record number of UFOs are expected to be spotted this year in Britain after hundreds of sightings were reported in the first six months of 2009. Strange floating orbs and unexplained hovering objects have all been recorded and reported to the Ministry of Defense in the last six months. A total of 231 sightings of unidentified flying objects have been passed on to the MoD so far this year, according to The Sun. This compares to 285 in 2008, 135 in 2007 and 97 in 2006. The number of sightings is thought to have increased because many more people now carry digital cameras and are able to photograph strange objects. Nick Pope, who used to run the Government's UFO project and is considered a leading authority on UFOs, told The Sun: "We are now on track for a record year. "I thought the number of UFOs reported last year was high, but we now know they are being reported in increasing numbers." Last year, the MoD released files detailing strange and unexplained sightings reported to them between 1986 and 1992. In one instance, an Alitalia flight coming into land at Heathrow Airport reported a near miss with a UFO, which the pilot described as "similar to a missile - light brown or fawn, about three meters in length but without any exhaust flame''. In the files, released by the National Archive, the military admitted the sighting in April 1991 could not be explained, having ruled out a British or American missile. It concluded: "In the absence of any clear evidence which could identify the object, it is our intention to treat this sighting like that of any other Unidentified Flying Object.'' Two further near misses were reported in the summer of 1991, when one aircraft flying in to Gatwick Airport reported a "wingless projectile'' passing the left side of the plane, and another flight leaving Gatwick spotted a "small lozenge-shaped object'' speeding past the cockpit. The files also went into detail about a US Air Force pilot who claims he was ordered to shoot down a UFO flying over southern England in 1957, and was later ordered never to speak about the incident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 A total of 231 sightings of unidentified flying objects have been passed on to the MoD so far this year, according to The Sun. I was enjoying the read until I got to the above sentance, then rolled eyes and gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 So what we're saying here is there's a record number of nut jobs forecast to be around in 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 I was enjoying the read until I got to the above sentance, then rolled eyes and gave up. haha I wondered if anyone would of picked up on that...I did just the same as you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martini Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I was enjoying the read until I got to the above sentence, then rolled eyes and gave up. The Sun isn't a well respected journal So what we're saying here is there's a record number of nut jobs forecast to be around in 2009 But a UFO is what it is. If anyone were able to, it'd be the MoD that could identify exactly what these flying objects could be. I once saw something that was definitely not a plane (that I knew about at the time). Turns out it was a prototype drone flying out of RAF Marham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest superdave Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 For glowing orbs, see Chineese Lanterns.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I met Nick Pope, a very nice and down to earth guy with a subtlely devastating sense of humour. He never did get back to me about the erotic sci-fi manuscript I sent him. I guess that was one of the last nails in my wannabe writer's coffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I met Nick Pope, a very nice and down to earth guy with a subtlely devastating sense of humour. He never did get back to me about the erotic sci-fi manuscript I sent him. I guess that was one of the last nails in my wannabe writer's coffin. I think your coffin was shut tight of air a long time ago Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Yes Matt, I died a long time ago. How perceptive of you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Yes Matt, I died a long time ago. How perceptive of you... No, i'm just saying you've been starved of oxygen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benyon Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Funny you should say this, A man who we know lives down the road knocked on our door a few nights ago and swears blind something orange was hovering above my house, he seen it walking the dog around 12:30am the guys not a lier we have known him for over 10 years and I didnt think he believed and any that UFO stuff. He seemed sure something was hovering, it then flew of within seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Funny you should say this, A man who we know lives down the road knocked on our door a few nights ago and swears blind something orange was hovering above my house, he seen it walking the dog The orange thing was walking his dog?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Oh. Okay. How's it going anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Funny you should say this, A man who we know lives down the road knocked on our door a few nights ago and swears blind something orange was hovering above my house, he seen it walking the dog around 12:30am the guys not a lier we have known him for over 10 years and I didnt think he believed and any that UFO stuff. He seemed sure something was hovering, it then flew of within seconds. So you don't know when you've been Tango'd?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Oh. Okay. How's it going anyway? Very good thank you, off to Alton Towers on Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benyon Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 So you don't know when you've been Tango'd?! He's an old man in his 70's don't think he can do the tango no more. @MATT H, I just re-read what I wrote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 But a UFO is what it is. Necessarily true, o tautological one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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