UFO Crashes into Wind Turbine! (destroy, military, England, million)

[Some_Random_Guy]

Originally Posted by hammertime33

Wow, a story from 2009 in which some bolts on a wind turbine failed. So interesting and controversial.

What happened to the actual turbine blade? Please link to the bolt story so we can put this one to rest.

[Bulldogdad]

Hah I remember that story a few years ago. It was metal fatigue not aliens.

[Some_Random_Guy]

This is kinda funny, though. "Hey, our wind turbine is ****ed up." "Aliens..."

[Mac_Muz]

Originally Posted by Bulldawg82

If it was a strong wind or a flock of birds knocking it off, the blad should have still been around the base of the structure. That is what I find most intriguing. I wonder how much "sleuthing" the reporters did on that portion of the story. There should not have been any blades being removed without the knowledge and consent of the owners (whether the owner is a person or a corp.). Unfortunately, we will probably never hear the "rest of the story" (as Paul Harvey used to say).

Me too.... I have seen these blades in transport. 1 per truck...... Where is it?

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by Some_Random_Guy

What happened to the actual turbine blade? Please link to the bolt story so we can put this one to rest.

It fell off due to bolt failure. And the "bright flashing spheres" - the UFOs - people saw was a fireworks display being put on by the Bell family for the 80th birthday party of Peter Bell (the family even took some picture, see the second link).

UFO wind turbine 'broke due to mechanical failure not collision with flying object' - Telegraph

UFOs crashing into wind farms: has the Guardian solved the mystery? | Media | guardian.co.uk

[Some_Random_Guy]

LOL. The UFO aspect of this still cracks me up. Don't get me wrong, I tend to believe this planet has been visited, but they aren't going to be some super-evolved alien species with the technology to travel millions/billions of light years just to crash into a wind farm in England.

[Statutory Ape]

Originally Posted by Some_Random_Guy

What happened to the actual turbine blade? Please link to the bolt story so we can put this one to rest.

It disappeared.

Maybe it will reappear.

[RandomMusing]

People seem to forget that UFO (unidentified flying object) doesn't equal extraterrestrials.

Some unidentified object flying in the sky seems to have broken a wind turbine?

[DewDropInn]

Where's all the chopped up little aliens at the base?

"Mars this is Little Green Men 1"

"Come in Little Green Men 1"

"We have our target in sight. Wait! There are massive blades! We're heading right for massive bla





"Little Green Men 1. Come in Little Green Men 1. Do you read?"

[Statutory Ape]

Originally Posted by Statutory Ape

It disappeared.

Maybe it will reappear.

Ten years ago.