UFO hits UK wind turbine?

[AndyHunter]

Locals seem to think a UFO did this!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/08/wind-turbine-ufo-lincolnshire-the-sun :eek:

 

[BlueBalls]

Well, the locals are idiots

 

[tunsty]

Sounds logical...
The damage is too severe for it to have been a bird.

Only a military aircraft would fly low enough to have possibly hit it, but you would expect such a collision to have been reported.
To hit it hard enough to knock off a blade would have caused as much damage to the aircraft as well..




I would guess that 'Mrs' Alien was flying the UFO on this occasion.. women, tsk

 

[maildude]

I don't doubt it. A UFO stole a copy of Field And Stream from my bathroom.

 

[tunsty]

I don't doubt it. A UFO stole a copy of Field And Stream from my bathroom.

No, that was me... I was short of bog roll.

 

[marquis2]

Aliens then? Having the technology to cross interstallar space they couldn't avoid a slow moving turbine blade.Back to the drawing board.

 

[AndyHunter]

The plot thickens!!
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/...-UFO-responsible-destroying-wind-turbine.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...spotted-by-hundreds-at-wind-turbine-site.html

 

[Facetious]

I was leaning toward the suggestion that perhaps a lightning strike may have taken place, however, according to the article, there is no physical evidence to support that theory. :o

Where in the hell is that displaced rotor blade ?
Watch this freshly posted news video and tell me that it's not Alfred Hitchcock and his birds.
(opening seconds of video, in the sky . . . . :angels

 

[Facetious]

wind turbine systems are better for the environment, all you pro oil arseholes ! :jester:
Another

 

[marquis2]

I was leaning toward the suggestion that perhaps a lightning strike may have taken place, however, according to the article, there is no physical evidence to support that theory. :o

Where in the hell is that displaced rotor blade ?
Watch this freshly posted news video and tell me that it's not Alfred Hitchcock and his birds.
(opening seconds of video, in the sky . . . . :angels

The natives took it away to make bangles and jewellery.

 

[Embryoyo]

Remember, UFO simply means the object in question cannot be identified, it doesn't necessarily mean aliens. Weird things happen in this world all the goddamn time, so I suppose aliens are the cause of them all, huh? I want to believe... Haha!

 

[Spleen]

It is 100% FACT that a UFO hit this wind turbine.

Unidentified Flying Object. I'm not saying it's aliens, but something obviously hit it while flying, and it hasn't been identified yet.

 

[Embryoyo]

^ EXACTLY! I think you phrased it better than I did, but that's what I was shooting for.

 

[AndyHunter]

Maybe it had a mechanical failure, like this one did?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSB1SdVHqQ

 

[Spleen]

Possibly, but that thing got completely torn apart, this only had one blade missing and one bent one, it just looks like it has been hit.

We'll find out soon enough, it's been sent off to Germany for testing to find the cause.

 

[Legzman]

Metal fatigue simple as that.

 

[STDiva]

It is 100% FACT that a UFO hit this wind turbine.

Unidentified Flying Object. I'm not saying it's aliens, but something obviously hit it while flying, and it hasn't been identified yet.

That would imply that we know the object that hit the turbine was flying.

 

[Spleen]

^ How else would an object hit the top of a 200ft windturbine?

 

[Legzman]

^ How else would an object hit the top of a 200ft windturbine?

Who said it hit the top? The blade could have been at the lowest point when it was hit.

 

[Spleen]

Who said it hit the top? The blade could have been at the lowest point when it was hit.

Then why isn't the tower itself damaged?