Could ‘Tentacle’ UFO Have Destroyed UK Wind Turbine?
Several residents of a remote English village have reported sightings of a bizarre tentacle-shaped UFO above a local wind farm, on the night before a wind turbine was mysteriously destroyed.
Engineers from energy suppier Ecotricity are investigating why a blade more than 20 meters (66 ft) long fell off the turbine at a wind farm in Conisholme Fen, Lincolnshire, early on Sunday morning. In the meantime, locals are coming to their own conclusions after many of them saw strange flashing tentacle shaped lights above the wind farm on the night before the damage occurred.
John Harrison, a resident of nearby Saltfleetby, said he looked out of his window on Saturday night to see “a massive ball of light,” and “tentacles going right down to the ground” over the site. “It was huge” he said “At first I thought it must have been a hole where the moon was shining through but then I saw the tentacles – it looked just like an octopus.
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“It was an incredible site; I have never seen anything like it before. I have no idea what it was, all I can say is what I saw”.
However, officials are remaining tight-lipped about the cause of the damage. A spokesman from Ecotricity said, “This has never happened before so we really have no idea what might have gone wrong. We will conduct a thorough inspection of the turbines to see if there is a problem and put it right.”
Damage to wind turbines, although rare, is more common than many would anticipate. This link provides dramatic footage of a wind turbine appearing to spin wildly out of control before shattering and falling to the ground.
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The article says that “some residents” saw it, but then it only interview one guy. This means this one guy saw it and the original article just made up the rest of it.
Flying spaghetti monster?
Ummmm…sounds a lot like ball lightning or some other electrical phenomenon.
I’m inclined to agree with korn. Surely if “several” residents saw it, there would be reports from “several” residents.
I’m inclined to agree with ed. Definitely the Pasta God.
Reports from a remote English village?
Is that like the southern rednecks we have here in the USA?
flashing tentacles of light that touches the ground? hmm sounds like lightning or The Spaghetti Monster of Light?
Which one is more probable?
Occams Razor wins yet again.
Sounds similar to the one’s seen over California over the past several years.Do a web search for “Big Basin Drone” or “Capitola Drone”.
Touched by His Noodly Appendage.
@ Andrew, Why even bother with this story… I’m sure you can come up with a better issue to discuss. We have had enough lies this last few years, WMD for example.
It is clear by the description of this ‘UFO’ that it has been mistaken for his noodliness the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Clearly he got his noodly appendage tangled up while blessing the land with his nutritious goodness.
RAmen.