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Aliens get the best gadgets!

Or so it would seem if reports in today’s papers are anything to go by.

Apparently on June 7th a police helicopter, having been given permission to land at St Athen military base near Cardiff, had to take evasive manoeuvers after a U.F.O. came hurtling straight at them. The helicopter then gave chase as far as the North Devon border before running low on fuel and needing to return to base.
Somewhat predictably the object was described as being “Saucer shaped”, and despite all the high tech recording equipment on board the helicopter including night vision cameras the object (apparently) managed to avoid being caught on tape.

So basically although this craft could be seen easily enough by the naked eye, it could not be captured on film? Sounds like it could come in handy for raids on unmanned facilities with heavy surveillance to me! Could this be a new type of Stealth Technology currently being tested, or is it truly the work of little gray men from Reticulum in search of Liver? (It’s an X-Files reference I couldn’t quite resist and seemed appropriate, from ‘Squeeze’ in the first season)  On the other hand and to take a rather paranoid point of view is it something the military aren’t quite sure about, and although they did actually catch it on film they aren’t willing to release information at this point?  Whatever it is/was be it experimental aircraft, flying saucer, swamp gas, aurora borealis, or weather balloon I’m guessing we won’t know the truth for a long time, if ever.

If this has piqued your curiosity why not start your own investigation by visiting the National Archives website and having a read of the newly unclassified documents?