U.K. Releases More UFO Files

[HeresyLives]

Odd, intriguing and alarming UFO files released
• US pilot was ordered to fire missiles at blip on screen
• MoD makes papers public after enthusiasts' pleas
•Ian Sample, science correspondent
•The Guardian,
•Monday October 20 2008

On a cloudy night in Kent, Milton Torres, a US air force fighter pilot based at RAF Manston, was scrambled to intercept a UFO.

Ordered to go full throttle towards East Anglia, within minutes he was 15 miles from a mysterious blip that looked as big as a B-52 bomber on his screen. He was ordered to fire a full salvo of 24 missiles, but before he could, the object vanished.

Details about the incident, on May 20, 1957, appear among 19 files released by the Ministry of Defence and newly revealed by the National Archives. It is the second tranche of UFO files to be made public since a handful were released in May.

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The MoD released the files, covering 1986 to 1992, after a flood of requests from enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists who are convinced the truth is out there.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/20/aliens-crop-circles-ufo-roswell

This may explain why there are so many UFO posts today

[Hope And Change]

1. Ineteresting.Thanks for posting.

[prayin4rain]

2. I don't if there are, but if there are

aliens out there listening please, please come (in peace) during my lifetime. :+

[Orrex]

3. Duplicate postings attract the attention of the MiB

This story is already posted on the front page.

:hi:

[HeresyLives]

6. Simply an attempt

to explain all the UFO posts today. Hardly a breaking story.

[Orrex]

7. Whatever

But when a Bentley with shaded windows parks in front of your house tonight, you should consider leaving quickly via the bathroom window.

[marions ghost]

8. what IS with all the UFO posts today?

it's strange I was just thinking about them earlier (don't know why as it's not a big topic in my mind) and then I come to DU and :freak: it's in others' brains also.

Is this a symptom of collective anxiety? :shrug:

[NNN0LHI]

9. Its called spamming the board

In an attempt to make us all look like idiots.

Don

[marions ghost]

11. like Phillies vs Rays?

Uh oh maybe I'm an idiot :think: since I had the idea even before I looked at DU....

[bananas]

4. Aliens like Tina Turner

'Documents also relate how a Tina Turner concert triggered a spate of UFO sightings in London in 1989, and how one person was "contacted by aliens" descended from "legendary feathered serpents from ancient Peru".'

[DS1]

5. Yeah, don't bother trying to get a look first

just shoot it down. Because Intergalactic ships are going to be damaged by missiles. Way to piss them off.

[ForrestGump]

10. Standard operating procedure

for Homo sapiens sapiens:

1. "Oh, I say...look! What on Earth is that? I must say, I've never seen its like before. How jolly interesting"

2. "Kill it!!"