Wind Turbine Hit By UFO?

@ellie333 (21016)
January 8, 2009 12:51pm CST
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/ufos/article2108149.ece INFO & PICS ONLY. A 65ft wind turbine blade was ripped off and one badly damaged with no trace of what has hit it. Interesting story. What do you think caused this damage? What were the strange lights and noises heard at 4am? Thoughts please. Ellie :D
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18 responses
8 Jan 09
Hi ellie, That is so weird, those wind turbines looked a mess,and those lights? now if it were an aircraft, a liile one, it would have crashed but there was nothing there, it makes you wonder don't it? love and huggles. Tamara
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Tamara, It does make you wonder especially as the other blade is totally missing also, so just what did happen. I would love to find out. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@sirnose (2436)
• United States
8 Jan 09
It's probably a hoax considering the source that is reporting it "The Sun"... please they're just a rag news group i don't really take their stories too seriously...He...He...He,but,their stories are sometimes very entertaining...
@ellie333 (21016)
8 Jan 09
Hi Sirnose, I agree to a degree but I myself have seen a big cat in Devon and didn't report because of the ridicule factor, 12,000 have, so are there big wild cats out there or not? Huggles. Ellie :D
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@sirnose (2436)
• United States
8 Jan 09
Yes, there are big cats out there somewhere,but,how we got from ufos to big cats,if you seen one of those big cats you should have reported it to animal control...I visit your profile and i would like to know what is pureprofile,how do you get paid using their services?
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Sirnose, oops, I had anotherdiscussion juststarted on big cats and that was a link from the Sun also. The UFO and wind turbine though has been on the BBC news and other news channels so not just this paper reporting it. Sorry for the confusion there. LOL. Pureprofile is a survey site but you need to visit once a week ans they don't always notify you of new ones available, they will then pay directly into your bank account by BACS once you reach a certain amount. Takes a while to mount up but is a genuine site. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I have no idea what may have happened to it other than a meteor or something like that possibly hitting it. Thanks for sharing with us.
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@ellie333 (21016)
11 Jan 09
Hi Steph, They now think it was a chunck of ice from another turbine which melted so no evidence. Huggles. Ellie :D
@kaleegirl45 (1515)
• United States
8 Jan 09
Hello ellie that would be interesting to see, if there were more people that saw this it could be something, UFO, One never know, like I say, we can't be the only ones in this Universe. There has to be others, somewhere.
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• United States
9 Jan 09
You figure something would be out there, a piece of metal. If it was airplane you know that the plane would have crashed. i wonder what it was? Do you know if they took that piece to examine it? Let me know if they find out anything, I'm curious.
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Kaleegirl, It is strange that whatever hit it, hit it with some force to do that to it and yet there is no debris anywhere of anything so it remains a mystery I guess. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
10 Jan 09
It's a really strange story, Ellie - and a mystery. You'd think if it had been something 'tangible', they'd have found wreckage of a small plane or whatever ... so, very odd. There has been an incredible increase in reported UFO sightings in Australia lately, too - makes you wonder whether we're heading for an invasion ...
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@ellie333 (21016)
11 Jan 09
Hi Guybrush, There seems to be a lot of unusal activity in a lot of areas but they are now saying it could have been a chunk of ice from another turbine that has now melted, no evidence. The other blade has now been found and being examined. Huggles. Ellie :D
• United States
9 Jan 09
I saw this story tonight on the BBC World News. What can I say? The evidence behind such speculation seemed rather slight.
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@ellie333 (21016)
11 Jan 09
Hi LovesTravel, They seem to think it was chunks of ice from another turbine and they have now found the blade so I am sure all will be revealed. Huggles. Ellie :D
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
9 Jan 09
I really have no idea what it could be I hate to speculate, I am more of a personality that likes to wait for the results to come in before I make any opnions,
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@ellie333 (21016)
11 Jan 09
Hi Winterose, The people that run the turbines think it may have been a huge chunk of ice from another turbine that hit it and of course no eveidence as melted. They have also found other blade to examine now. Results should be interesting. Huggles. Ellie :D
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
8 Jan 09
It is rather intriguing ho a wind turbine was damaged. However I really doubt that it was a UFO. It ccould have been a thunderstorm? Or was it damaged by birds or a plane. Rather interesting story and mysterious in a way (c) ronaldinu 2009 - the more people I meet-the more I love my dog
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Ronaldinu, I think they will investigate more as this is something very unusual indeed and as two police helicopters have had near misses in the area recently what ever it is flying around needs to be found eh! Huggles. Ellie :D
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• Canada
8 Jan 09
souds interesting but who knows with out real proof. it would be neat to find a real ufo damaged on the ground around in that area though
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Poppoppop, It is because no debris has been found of anything that they are wondering what it could have been to cause so much damage but yes it would be great if they did find something. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@jillhill (37353)
• United States
8 Jan 09
Wow....that would be pretty freaky! But I am not one who believe so much in UFO's....I think there probably is a more realistic answer to what happened....I might be wrong though and be visited tonight by extra trestrials....but I'll take my chances at saying it was a fluke.
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Jill, Hopefully ET didn't visit you last night. I think they will investigate more as for this amount of damage to have happened and the other blade to have disappeared with out trace it is a strange incident. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
10 Jan 09
Hi dear well i resad the report and u know what is amazing thing, its missing blade if UFO or any thing hit and damaged the wind mill, where the torn blade goes??? Think about it Take care
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
12 Jan 09
Hmmmmmm so it means again its not UFO and what about lighting and other stuff witnessed by others? anyway, stay safe, take care
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@ellie333 (21016)
12 Jan 09
Exactly, what about the lights and the police helicopter near misses in recent months. I guess they are saying the ice chunk to reassure people we are not about to have an alien invasion LOL. Huggles. Ellie :D
@ellie333 (21016)
11 Jan 09
Hi Cupid, They have now found the missing blade and it is being examined but they are now saying it was a chunk of ice that hit it from another turbine. Huggles. Ellie :D
@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
9 Jan 09
Hi Ellie. Is the Sun a reputable newspaper or a trashing tabloid? I'm just wondering because in the U.S., we have some tabloids that just publish the most ridiculous stuff that couldn't possibly be true. The article was truly interesting. It does make you wonder what could be so large that it could wipe out one of those "spokes" of the wind turbine. Those things are absolutely huge. Last month on our trip to Illinois, I saw some of them, and they are gigantic! Plus, it's odd that some would be that big, yet not "crash" right there where it hit the turbine. I don't know what to think! Maybe it was a UFO.
@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi PearlGrace, A lot of people would call it a trash paper but this was over all the news channels too and in other papers it was just that I was in this paper link for the cat story so used the same one. I think because no debris was found of any aircraft etc it has caused people to question what it was that managed to do this. Huggles. Ellie :D
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• United States
9 Jan 09
There hasn't been a good UFO story in a long time. I went to Roswell and visited the museum, it was boring, all this black and white stuff about aliens. We need some new ones!
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Gitfiddleplayer, This one is a definite mystery as they haven't found the missing blade or any debris and whatever did hit it must have hit it with some force. I would love to know what really happened. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
9 Jan 09
Hey ellie! I don't know! What do you think? I would never rule out the possibility of it being a UFO! Why not? It has never been proven whether they do exist or don't! I believe that there is a very good chance that there are some other types of life somewhere out there so I certainly wouldn't be surprised! Would you? I just don't know why they don't want to make themselves known? Or maybe they do! There are too many of these unexplainable incidents that keep happening! And unless someone can explain them I am open to suggestions!
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@ellie333 (21016)
9 Jan 09
Hi Opal, Considering the other blade is completely missing and no other debris has been found it was hit by a very powerful force so yes it is a possibility. Also two police helicopters have had near misses recently so there is something up there. The universe is vast so I believe we are not alone. I will follow the story to see if any more is discovered. Where is the missing blade? Why no debris? very interesting. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@marketing07 (6266)
• South Korea
9 Jan 09
it was very interesting ellie...hoping to know about UFO
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@ellie333 (21016)
11 Jan 09
Hi Marketing, It was very strange. Huggles. Ellie :D
@littleowl (7157)
14 Jan 09
Hi Ellie...until I have replied to you I cannot say anything about it, but I do know that where you live or the area where you live is a UFO hotspot and I know that they are real as I have seen one before...huggles littleowl
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@ellie333 (21016)
15 Jan 09
Hi Littleowl, I do believe also as have seen one when I was in Surrey. This one was in Lincolnshire I believe but there have been many more sightings recently than normal. Huggles. Ellie :D
@GreenMoo (11833)
17 Jan 09
It was probably the 'wind turbines are great, but not in my back yard' brigade, carrying out a sneaky night attack ;-) The weird noises at 4am were probably the sounds of them absailing back down with rucksacks full of chisels.
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@ellie333 (21016)
17 Jan 09
Hi GreenMoo, Yes Blot on The Lanscape, LOL. I think they found the other blade but I haven't heard any more in the news about it. Huggles. Ellie :D
@MichaelJay (1100)
10 Jan 09
One of the later theories is that the damage could have been caused by a build up of ice in the severe weather, thgis would distort the blades and rip them off if they were unbalanced. Naturally as it warmed up towards dawn the ice would melt leaving no evidence, as in murders committed with a chunk or 'blade' of ice.
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@ellie333 (21016)
11 Jan 09
Hi MichaelJay, Yes I have read now that they think it was a chunk of ice from another turbine and the other blade has now been found and is being examined. Interesting though eh! Huggles. Ellie :D