{"id":943,"date":"2009-12-05T09:03:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddempire.org\/weblog\/?p=943"},"modified":"2009-12-05T09:03:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T13:03:34","slug":"ex-files-british-military-unplugs-its-ufo-hot-line-after-50-years-of-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2009\/12\/05\/ex-files-british-military-unplugs-its-ufo-hot-line-after-50-years-of-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Files: British military unplugs its UFO hot line after 50 years of reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Gregory Katz (CP) \u2013 11 hours ago<\/p>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 The truth &#8211; and the UFOs &#8211; may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Ministry has quietly shut down its UFO hot line as a cost-cutting measure and will no longer investigate any sightings. Veterans of such investigations more worthy of &#8220;The X-Files&#8221; say it will end work on one of the biggest mysteries of all time.<\/p>\n<p>No longer will Britons who think they&#8217;ve seen flying saucers be able to enlist the services of Her Majesty&#8217;s armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s closing of the ministry&#8217;s hot line and its email account, as well as its statement that it &#8220;will no longer respond to reported UFO sightings or investigate them,&#8221; has angered many Britons who believe such research is vital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5jyaQg2xocY-QfLPDD_5pTPfAVwgA\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5jyaQg2xocY-QfLPDD_5pTPfAVwgA\">[[[MORE]]]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gregory Katz (CP) \u2013 11 hours ago LONDON \u2014 The truth &#8211; and the UFOs &#8211; may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. The Defence Ministry has quietly shut down its UFO hot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2009\/12\/05\/ex-files-british-military-unplugs-its-ufo-hot-line-after-50-years-of-reports\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}