{"id":731,"date":"2009-01-08T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T16:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddempire.org\/weblog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2009-01-08T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T13:46:46","slug":"ufo-claim-over-wind-farm-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2009\/01\/08\/ufo-claim-over-wind-farm-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO claim over wind farm damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFO enthusiasts are claiming damage to a Lincolnshire wind farm turbine was caused by a mystery aircraft.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The turbine at Conisholme lost one 66ft (20m) blade and another was badly damaged in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n

County councillor for the area Robert Palmer said he had seen a “round, white light that seemed to be hovering”.<\/p>\n

Ecotricity, which owns the site, said while investigations continued they were not ruling anything out – but the extent of damage was “unique”. <\/p>\n

The turbine is one of 20 at the Conisholme site, which has been only been fully operational since April 2008. The broken blade has been recovered and is being examined.<\/p>\n

Local ufologists said they had received many reports of activity in the area and had teams searching for clues.<\/p>\n

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Mr Palmer said: “I actually saw a white light – a round, white light that seemed to be hovering.<\/p>\n

“That is the only way I can explain it – it wasn’t a flare-like light – it was just round, white light with a slight red edge to it that seemed to be over the wind turbines.”<\/p>\n

Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, said the company was keeping an open mind about the incident.<\/p>\n

“We don’t have an explanation at the moment as to what the cause was,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We have been crawling all over it and have sent bits off for analysis to see if we can work out what caused it.<\/p>\n

“Until we have some idea, some plausible explanation that it was not a UFO, I don’t think we should rule it out”.<\/p>\n

‘Low-flying aircraft’<\/strong><\/p>\n

He added: “To make one of these blades fall off, or to bend it, takes a lot.”<\/p>\n

Russ Kellett, from the Flying Saucer Bureau, said witnesses had told him of activity in the area.<\/p>\n

“One saw what they at first thought was a low-flying aircraft on the Saturday evening and another heard a loud banging in the early hours of Sunday,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This is the second most reports of activity we have ever had – I have had over 30 phone calls and emails.<\/p>\n

“To hit two of the blades, any object must have been about 170ft long.”<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Defence said it was not looking into the incident.<\/p>\n

A spokesman said: “The MoD examines reports solely to establish whether UK airspace may have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised military activity.<\/p>\n

“Unless there’s evidence of a potential threat, there’s no attempt to identify the nature of each sighting reported.”<\/p>\n

Ecotricity said it hoped to have the turbine back in action within a week.<\/p>\n

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