Showing posts with label South Wale. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Scores Make UFO Sighting Claims After Helicopter Chase Report

Helicopter Chasing UFO
By Thaindian News
6-21-08

     London, June 21 (ANI): Hundreds of people have come up with UFO sighting claims following recent reports that a British police helicopter crew chased a mystery craft in Cardiff.

Many say that they saw the UFO on the same night when the three-man crew chased it.

One Dawn Williams said that she feared an Independence Day-style alien invasion when she saw an unusual object in the sky above Aberdare Country Park on June 8.

It came over the horizon and was travelling for about a minute and a half before it disappeared, British tabloid The Sun quoted the 45-year-old woman.

It was circular and had a dome on top it looked like a planet with rings. I didnt say anything at the time because I didnt think anyone would believe me, she added.

Cabaret duo Katy Cunnion and Russell Quinn say that a weird light in the sky followed them an hour after the helicopter scare.

It was hovering. At first I thought it was a helicopter, but every time I changed direction it was in the same place. It disappeared, then I got a bit freaked out when the light came back close enough for us to see it was saucer-shaped with lights which flashed from one to another in a chain. It looked like no plane or aircraft I had ever seen, said Katy.

It finally zoomed off like a shooting star after an hour, added Katy.

The description of the UFO coming from Katy was very similar to the one given by the helicopter cops.

David Coggins, an expert who has studied UFOs for about three decades, said: Im told that in the past three months airline pilots have been reporting at least two or three encounters a week with UFOs over the Bristol Channel. Many of them will have rational explanations, but the probability is around 15 to 20 per cent cant be identified.

The Ministry of Defence, which investigates UFO sightings, said it was still awaiting the police report on the helicopter incident.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Police Chase UFO Over Cardiff

Helicopter Chasing UFO Over Cardiff
By Laura Clout
The Telegraph
6-20-08


A police helicopter crew gave chase to a UFO after it almost collided with their aircraft near a military base.
     The pilot was forced to bank sharply to avoid being hit by the mystery aircraft as the helicopter was returning to the Ministry of Defence base of St Athan, near Cardiff.

The three crew, who described the UFO as 'flying saucer-shaped', then gave chase, getting as far as the North Devon coast before they ran low on fuel, it was reported.

The police aircraft was hovering at 500ft and waiting clearance to land on June 7, when those onboard spotted the other craft hurtling towards them from below.

A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "We can confirm the Air Support Unit sighted an unusual aircraft. This was reported to the relevant authorities for their investigation."

It was reported that the aircraft closed in at great speed, aiming straight for the helicopter which swerved sharply.

"They are convinced it was a UFO. It sounds far-fetched, but they know what they saw."

The helicopter crew are said to have crossed the Bristol channel in pursuit of the UFO, but lost sight of it and had to turn back due to a fuel shortage.

The sighting comes weeks after the most comprehensive Government files on UFO activity are opened to the public for the first time today and they disclose that even air traffic controllers and police officers have seen mysterious craft in the skies over Britain.

The sightings range from incredible tales of little green men visiting the Wirral to corroborated accounts from policemen and pilots of Unidentified Flying Objects hovering above towns and cities.

All were recorded on official forms, held by air bases and police stations, and compiled by the Ministry of Defence between 1978 and 2002.