Wales UFO sightings

Wales UFO sightings

The Wales UFO sightings were unexplained UFO sighting across south Wales in June and September 2008.

Summary

At 00:40 AM, June 8 2008, a South Wales Police helicopter with three experienced crew onboard was above MOD St Athan, an RAF base, waiting to land in order to refuel. The Control Tower from the nearby Cardiff International Airport had recently given the helicopter clearance to do so as they had no reports nor radar evidence of any other craft in the vicinity.cite news |title=UFO spotted by police helicopter |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7465041.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=20 June 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-26]

Whilst awaiting permission to land and hovering above the air base at a height of about convert|500|ft|m|abbr=on, the crew noticed a brightly lit object above them. The crew described it as "flying saucer shaped". Then suddenly, the object hurtled down towards them at "..Great speed.." The pilot quickly took evasive action, banking the aircraft sharply. The object then sped away and the helicopter crew decided to give chase.cite news
author=John Coles |title=Cops chase a UFO over Cardiff
url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1315843.ece |work=The Sun
date=July 26 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-26
]

They pursued the object at close to the helicopter's maximum speed out over the Bristol Channel until, not far from the North Devon Coast, their fuel level, which was the main reason they happened to be above the RAF base in the first place, became critical and they were forced to give up the pursuit.

While the helicopter was equipped with state of the art surveillance equipment, the object was not captured on film. The crew have since stated that the object could not be seen with night vision goggles but was "..cleary visible.." to the naked eye.

The object was also sighted by George Withrington, a retired RAF glider pilot from St Mellons, Cardiff. He reported seeing something "Peculiar with lots of flashing lights" later that same day while reading in his garden at about 16:20 hours on June 8th.

"I was looking at an aeroplane overhead when I spotted this thing that was in the corner of my eye. It shifted direction very quickly, in the blink of an eye. I looked at it for quite a while, I was watching it for at least 10 minutes. It flew off towards the east, towards Newport."

Aftermath

The event received wide publicity in the local and national media, including a front page column and full page spread in "The Sun" newspaper. A source for "The Sun" said:"They [the crew] are convinced it was a UFO. It sounds far-fetched, but they know what they saw."

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."

and also:

"The crew are very experienced and responded in a professional manner in relation to what they saw. In today's skies, there are a wide variety of aircraft which come in a range of different shapes and sizes and in all probability, this sighting has just confirmed that one of these was in the area at the relevant time."

The Ministry of Defence has said it has "...received or heard nothing of the incident...But it is certainly not advisable for police helicopters to go chasing what they think are UFOs"

South Wales Police have officially, and vigorously, denied that the helicopter pursued the object.cite news |author=Agence France-Presse |authorlink=Agence France-Presse
url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080620151351.3l2zsy4b&show_article=1
title=UFO alert: Welsh police spot 'unusual aircraft' |work=Brietbart.com
date=June 20 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-26
] Although this statement has been widely criticized.Who|date=July 2008

At present, the incident remains unexplained.

References

External links

* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_InH8fYi-pk&feature=related You Tube UFO sighting at St Athan, South Wales]


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