UFO claim over wind farm damage

stevedster · 08-01-2009, 12:57 PM

BBC NEWS | England | Lincolnshire | UFO claim over wind farm damage

Certainly interesting, just what do you think could have caused this damage guys...

My first thought was a flock of birds, however thinking about it, these things will have bird damage all the time and bearing in mind each blade is 66ft long I cannot see birds doing this, besides if a flock of birds went through there would be dead birds around on the floor.

**Iccz** · 08-01-2009, 1:01 PM

Well they're not going to come out and say that their equipment was faulty and actually fell apart on it's own, so sure it could be a UFO

Personally I don't buy it, and as for birds as you say there'd be dead birds or feathers about...

Maybe it was terrorists!

stevedster · 08-01-2009, 1:03 PM

Thing is look at the way one of the blades is buckled, something has hit that for sure.

**Greg** · 08-01-2009, 1:06 PM

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Originally Posted by stevedster

Thing is look at the way one of the blades is buckled, something has hit that for sure.

Probably the other blade after it broke off. The most likely answer is defective materials, causing one blade to break off then hitting the other blade.

UFO

luckyb** · 08-01-2009, 1:07 PM

Same thing happened near here........

They don't make 'em like they 'ought ta!!!

Damaged wind turbine blades under repair - The Star

**Iccz** · 08-01-2009, 1:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg

Probably the other blade after it broke off. The most likely answer is defective materials, causing one blade to break off then hitting the other blade.

UFO

Beat me to it.

But it's easier for them to blame it on a UFO, doesn't make them look as bad that way...

Sporran · 08-01-2009, 1:51 PM

better check this then

UFO files | Newly released files from The National Archives

Gordon B · 08-01-2009, 8:15 PM

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Originally Posted by luckyb**

Same thing happened near here........

They don't make 'em like they 'ought ta!!!

Damaged wind turbine blades under repair - The Star

Genius. Wind turbines damaged by...winds. Who makes these things? Activision?

Best thing about that article is I just snagged a load of King vouchers.

Ta

SD

InsertCoin · 08-01-2009, 10:14 PM

I would say something a little bit like this happened:

YouTube - Windmill/turbine going wild and finally break

The noise that thing is making sounds like a UFO :D

ROBIN50N · 08-01-2009, 10:34 PM

anyone remember the film mac and me, they landed on a wind farm.

DVD-Man · 08-01-2009, 10:53 PM

Guys Guys it's the credit crunch, they had to cut back so the wind turbines are 2 blade instead of 3, just wasn't a very good modification LOL

Liam

raigraphixs · 09-01-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by InsertCoin

The noise that thing is making sounds like a UFO :D

How do you know what noise a ufo makes, are you not telling us something.

Maybe they are silent

Ethics Gradient · 09-01-2009, 6:18 AM

I'll come clean .... it was me.

A small group of friends and I regularly go out causing mischief. We have moved on since the days of cow tipping ... and have progressed to the more exiting and ballastic fun of 'cow flinging'.

Last weekend we were up in Lincolnshire area testing one of our new cow-o-matic trebuchets .... and we got a bit drunk and decided to play cow skittles using the wind farm as our target.... being as we could see the little lights flashing on top.

Suprisingly the first launch was a direct hit.... and to our shock it bent one blade and sent the other shooting off ... rather than our predicted cow-mince-o-ramma that we were expecting.

We quickly drove up in a flatbed and picked up the suprisingly undamaged but now deceased cow - yes we always use live ammo - the MMOOOOOOooooooooooooo........ splat is sound is much more satisfying.

No one saw us, so we dumped the bovine projectile in a ditch about 15 miles away and scarpered.

Sorry for all the fuss - we have learned our lesson that alcohol + live beef death from above = not a good mix, and in future we will be a lot more careful.

PS ... we are available to book for weddings, birthday parties or for larger events, our syncronised display team the Red Udders can be booked. Night Parties catered for with cow-fart-ignition tracer rounds.*

* cows provided, but clean up and damaged roofes, cow shaped dents in cars or flattened grannies are at the customers own risk.

loz · 09-01-2009, 9:33 AM

Unmanned stealth bomber could have been UFO responsible for destroying wind turbine | Mail Online

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The UFO allegedly responsible for wrecking a wind turbine could have been a secret unmanned stealth bomber on test flights.
The claim came from Ministry of Defence insiders who reportedly said that a black delta-wing craft called Taranis was making test runs on the coastal bombing ranges at Donna Nook and North Coates in Lincolnshire, near to the site of the damaged turbine.

The Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with stealth equipment and an 'autonomous' artificial intelligence system.

xit2050 · 09-01-2009, 9:46 AM

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Originally Posted by loz

Unmanned stealth bomber could have been UFO responsible for destroying wind turbine | Mail Online

Shouldn't the thing have crashed then?
And if it is so "secret", why say so quickly it could have been this stealth bomber?

RugbyAl · 09-01-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ethics Gradient

I'll come clean .... it was me.

A small group of friends and I regularly go out causing mischief. We have moved on since the days of cow tipping ... and have progressed to the more exiting and ballastic fun of 'cow flinging'.

Last weekend we were up in Lincolnshire area testing one of our new cow-o-matic trebuchets .... and we got a bit drunk and decided to play cow skittles using the wind farm as our target.... being as we could see the little lights flashing on top.

Suprisingly the first launch was a direct hit.... and to our shock it bent one blade and sent the other shooting off ... rather than our predicted cow-mince-o-ramma that we were expecting.

We quickly drove up in a flatbed and picked up the suprisingly undamaged but now deceased cow - yes we always use live ammo - the MMOOOOOOooooooooooooo........ splat is sound is much more satisfying.

No one saw us, so we dumped the bovine projectile in a ditch about 15 miles away and scarpered.

Sorry for all the fuss - we have learned our lesson that alcohol + live beef death from above = not a good mix, and in future we will be a lot more careful.

PS ... we are available to book for weddings, birthday parties or for larger events, our syncronised display team the Red Udders can be booked. Night Parties catered for with cow-fart-ignition tracer rounds.*

* cows provided, but clean up and damaged roofes, cow shaped dents in cars or flattened grannies are at the customers own risk.

Have you been watching Monty Pythons Holy Grail recently?

"Fetchez la vache!"

loz · 09-01-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by xit2050

Shouldn't the thing have crashed then?
And if it is so "secret", why say so quickly it could have been this stealth bomber?

and it sounds like they need to improve the "'autonomous' artificial intelligence system"

ROBIN50N · 09-01-2009, 11:27 AM

heres the fake cover story. wheres the jet then? surely it wouldnt have kept flying.

**Iccz** · 09-01-2009, 11:32 AM

Cold weather, old equipment, possibly damaged, fell apart on its own, while falling damaged other blade... simple

Logical...

loz · 09-01-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ROBIN50N

heres the fake cover story. wheres the jet then? surely it wouldnt have kept flying.

they forget to mention it was also indestructable as well...

loz · 09-01-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Iccz

Cold weather, old equipment, possibly damaged, fell apart on its own, while falling damaged other blade... simple

But where's the news in that?

xit2050 · 09-01-2009, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Iccz

Cold weather, old equipment, possibly damaged, fell apart on its own, while falling damaged other blade... simple

Logical...

Most likely explanation, I agree.
But why do the military come up with such a ridiculous story, then???

loz · 09-01-2009, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by xit2050

Most likely explanation, I agree.
But why do the military come up with such a ridiculous story, then???

well it wasn't the military, it was 'insiders', aka 'made up by journalists'

**Iccz** · 09-01-2009, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by xit2050

Most likely explanation, I agree.
But why do the military come up with such a ridiculous story, then???

Firsly the company who runs them isn't going to say, hey look our wind thing broke, our equipment is naff it just must have fallen apart... we'll get ourselves a bit of coverage on the media and say it was hit by something... obviously if it was a plane you'd know about it...

The media get hold of it and oh its a UFO, it must be there's not other explanation for our simple big money headline processing minds!

I'm open to the idea of other life forms, but if they can travel through space beyond what we've managed and can enter our atmosphere without crashing to earth in a way that would destroy their ship and can go about the planet without any convincing evidence of them actually doing so... I doubt they'd fly into a wind turbine, unless they'd just been to a new years party and had a bit too much to drink for the flight home...

ROBIN50N · 09-01-2009, 12:04 PM

and the photo of something in the sky that was taken above it?

**Iccz** · 09-01-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ROBIN50N

and the photo of something in the sky that was taken above it?

If you believe every picture of potential UFO's, Ghosts etc... then that's fair enough.

I'm not so easily convinced myself...

Going on the science that we understand as humans it defies what is logical... sure we havn't got a vast extensive knowledge of the universe and science in relative comparason to what there is... I just don't think a poor quality picture is proof.

Gordon B · 09-01-2009, 1:04 PM

#Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry#
#This could be a case for Mulder and Scully#

@Ethics Gradient,

Can I come and spend a weekend on your planet please.

Cheers

SD

**Iccz** · 10-02-2009, 5:00 PM

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According to the Telegraph, turbine manufacturer Enercon's interim report says bolts holding the blade to the hub failed, and it's now "carrying out further tests to establish what caused the bolts to come loose, focusing on the blade and hub components to which they were attached".

UFO ruled out of wind farm prang â€¢ The Register

loz · 10-02-2009, 5:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Iccz

According to the Telegraph, turbine manufacturer Enercon's interim report says bolts holding the blade to the hub failed, and it's now "carrying out further tests to establish what caused the bolts to come loose, focusing on the blade and hub components to which they were attached".

Well clearly they were loosened by the UFO hitting it....

Or perhaps aliens loosened them with the intent to take the blade home as a suvenier.