Well, I'm convinced!

[mr blur]

Reports of flying Toblerones, close encounters of the second kind, and ­attempted alien abductions in the latest batch of UFO files released today by the Ministry of Defence demonstrate that the British public's appetite for matters extraterrestrial shows no sign of abating.

More than 650 reports of UFO sightings reached the MoD last year – the highest for 31 years – before it took the decision to close its UFO desk, known as Air Secretariat 2A1, in December.

The latest files released at the National Archives cover the period from 1994 to 2000 when sightings were running at 200 to 300 a year. The MoD intends to make public the files for the last 10 years by the end of 2011.

The files show that most reports are filed by "overzealous ufologists", and for the first time officials have released files based on reports from those they call "persistent correspondents". Foremost among these was the Alien Acknowledgement Campaign, which alleged an MoD cover-up of alien visitations. Its particular target was a freedom of information campaign to release the files on an incident in Rendlesham forest, Suffolk, in 1980 in which US and British military personnel testified that at least one UFO was tracked on radar.

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Nick Pope, who ran the MoD's UFO unit from 1990-94, said: "The X-Files was hugely popular during the period covered by these files, but these are the real-life X-Files. Some sightings were explained and some weren't, some were funny and some were just plain weird. Of most concern were the cases where there were near-misses between aircraft and UFOs. There were serious air safety issues" for the MoD and Civil Aviation Authority.

He said that by this time the MoD was becoming increasingly irritated by the subject and tried to get rid of people wanting to report alien abductions by referring them to the police, saying that abduction was a criminal matter.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/18/mod-records-ufos-encounter-absurd-kind

[frogmarch]

1. LOL

I'm sure the police will be forever grateful. :rofl:

Speaking of UFOs, what's up with the lights? The supposed alien crafts that some people claim to see must have traveled vast distances through space to reach Earth. These ETs surely didn't depend on lights - flashing multi-colored or otherwise - to navigate. Plus, the ETs apparently don't want us to see them. Add to that, the lights people say they've observed on the crafts don't seem to illuminate anything on Earth. So, what are the lights on UFOs supposed to be for?

[FiveGoodMen]

2. VERY good point about the lights.

Had never thought of that.

[frogmarch]

10. Nope, it doesn't make sense,

does it? Maybe the lights are just their way of saying, "Neener neener." :P

[charlie]

3. Fashion

Retro is in. Steampunk models are flying off dealers' lots in the Pleiades this year.

[frogmarch]

8. Oh gawd!

Please stop! My face hurts!

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Hey, you come 4000 parsecs in a craft that controls unimaginable amounts of power

you want to make sure some bozo in a 747 doesn't crash into you when you get there. The lights are a necessity to get Galactic Insurance.

Plus 'Pimp My UFO' is a popular show in the Pleiades Cluster.

[frogmarch]

7. bwahahahaha!

Pimp MY UFO! LOLOLOL!

[Orrex]

6. Those are orgone emitters

Duh.

[frogmarch]

9. OMG

So, orgone blasters are no longer effective against them! They're using orgone against us!

http://www.sherryshriner.net/audio/orgone.mp3

We're finding that orgone blasters compared to the more pricey chemtrail busters, are knocking the chemtrails completely out of areas on their own. They also repel evil and keep the demonic out of your home and yard.

The Lord is raising up a group of Warriors to prepare for, and fight against, the arrival of the Antichrist and his forces on earth. Joel 2, Rev, 9 and Rev. 16 mention literal alien and demonic invasions on earth. The orgone will protect the Lord's people and their properties against them. The orgone to aliens is like garlic to vampires. It destroys them. WE CAN DESTROY THEM! By disseminating orgone throughout our towns, cities, states, and country we can make our land, air, and water uninhabitable for them! We can annihilate them by the millions!

I want my money back! x(

[trotsky]

5. That's no UFO!

It's a TARDIS wearing a skirt!