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2:32pm Thursday 8th January 2009
THE UK military's UFO investigation team has moved to High Wycombe.
Civil servants from the Ministry of Defence, who receive reports of strange objects in the sky, have taken up residence at RAF Air Command in Naphill.
The team moved from offices in London to Naphill at the start of the year and has been investigating unidentified flying objects - or UFOs - ever since.
However, Ministry of Defence spokesman Darragh McElroy said that they were more concerned with military threats than little green men.
“The MoD examines reports solely to establish whether UK airspace may have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised military activity,” he said.
“Unless there is evidence of a potential threat, there is no attempt to identify the nature of each sighting reported.”
Over the years residents have spotted a number of mysterious objects in the skies over High Wycombe.
According Graham Pawley, on September 30, 2007, he spotted an object “slightly bigger than a bright star like Sirius” crossing the night sky over the town.
Posting his observations of the website UFO Watch, Mr Pawley wrote: “I looked up and noticed what I initially thought was a bright star but then I noticed that it was moving south easterly.
“I took a reference from two stars which appeared close to it, this object moved roughly twice the speed of a high altitude passenger aircraft.
“It was definitely a very long way away, certainly not within the Earth's atmosphere.
“I don't think it was a satellite, I have done a bit of amateur astronomy with binoculars and have never seen anything like this white light object before. It travelled away from me until it disappeared behind some light cloud cover in the east.”
In 1995, Greg Alexander spotted a strange flying shape over Booker airfield as he drove towards the A40 from his Downley home.
He wrote: “It was a silver-white cigar shaped object and what attracted my attention to it were the strange fairy lights immediately beneath it.
“They were rather peculiar in appearance and were not point sources but came and went in a rather ethereal manner. They were multicoloured, red, green and yellow.
“It is quite possible that the object was actually part of an air show being held at Booker, though I don't specifically recall one being held at the time.
“However having turned my car round to head back home to retrieve my binoculars, by the time I got back the object had gone.”
Anyone who spots a suspicious flying object can call the MoD's UFO hotline on 020 7218 2140.
The Judge, Stokenchurch says...
2:39pm Thu 8 Jan 09
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
2:57pm Thu 8 Jan 09
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
3:33pm Thu 8 Jan 09
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
4:03pm Thu 8 Jan 09
Slacker, Flackwell says...
4:43pm Thu 8 Jan 09
The Judge wrote:They are. You can easily spot them, they are the ones who type in capitals all the time. :-)
I THOUGHT THAT THE ALIENS WERE ALREADY HERE?
Slacker, Flackwell says...
4:44pm Thu 8 Jan 09
Plus ça change... wrote:You tell Ivor of course!!
No explanation of the term UFOs?
Unidentified Fangled Objects...
Who do we tell if we spot a much sought after washing machine in orbit?
Steve Totteridge Hill, Totteridge Hill says...
4:57pm Thu 8 Jan 09
The Judge wrote:That'll explain alot when I see the great unwashed round the town center.
I THOUGHT THAT THE ALIENS WERE ALREADY HERE?
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
5:01pm Thu 8 Jan 09
Slacker wrote:He's not around yet...
Plus ça change... wrote: No explanation of the term UFOs? Unidentified Fangled Objects... Who do we tell if we spot a much sought after washing machine in orbit?You tell Ivor of course!!
Quatermass2, johannkloos@hotmail.com says...
5:06pm Thu 8 Jan 09
Slacker, Flackwell says...
6:52pm Thu 8 Jan 09
jamie1, wycombe says...
7:37pm Thu 8 Jan 09
THE FUDGE(PACKER), DIRT PATH says...
9:46pm Thu 8 Jan 09
The Judge wrote:YES THE ALIENS ARE ALREADY HERE. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TESCO IN GERRARDS CROSS, THE CREDIT CRUNCH (THEY WERE DISGUISED AS BANKERS) AND WORST OF ALL THE CLOSURE OF MY BELOVED ZAVVI. OH HOW I LONG FOR THE DAYS THE JUDGE AND MYSELF COULD PEROUS THE ADULT EROTICA SECTION BEFORE THE JUDGE TOOK ME UP THE DIRT PATH AT HOME.
I THOUGHT THAT THE ALIENS WERE ALREADY HERE?
ivor, says...
12:51am Fri 9 Jan 09
Tharus Bond, Flackwell Heath says...
8:41am Fri 9 Jan 09
brachyura, says...
9:20am Fri 9 Jan 09
Tharus Bond wrote:I believe MI13 have already sorted out the Skrull problem in the UK.
I'd better make my move! Time to start the "Secret Invasion" no one will be prepared the first move will to be call in the skrull armada and then capture Mr Fantastic!
Resisitance is Useless! LOL! (read to many comics)
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
9:46am Fri 9 Jan 09
Steve Totteridge Hill, Totteridge Hill says...
11:40am Fri 9 Jan 09
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SDJones, Hazlemere says...
2:36pm Thu 8 Jan 09