-
NEW! LOWEST RATES EVER -- SUPPORT THE SHOW AND ENJOY THE VERY BEST PREMIUM PARACAST EXPERIENCE! Welcome to The Paracast+, eight years young! For a low subscription fee, you can download the ad-free version of The Paracast and the exclusive, member-only, After The Paracast bonus podcast, featuring color commentary, exclusive interviews, the continuation of interviews that began on the main episode of The Paracast. We also offer lifetime memberships! Flash! Take advantage of our lowest rates ever! Act now! It's easier than ever to susbcribe! You can sign up right here!
U.K. police helicopter chases UFO on June 7
- Thread starter fitzbew88
- Start date
Free episodes:
Siani
Despiser of religious nuts
Yeah, it's all over the news here, plus I have an article on my site about it, listing a number of possible discrepancies I've seen in the reports. You know what pisses me off about this incident? I live high on a hill, with a panoramic view over the Bristol Channel, where the alleged pursuit took place. This incident occurred less than 30 miles away, as the crow (or UFO) flies. Had I looked out of my window at that time, I may well have seen something. Grr!
Siani
Despiser of religious nuts
fitzbew88 said:I'm getting a 404 error using the link in your Profile --- has the url changed or are the MIB perpetrating their tricks?
Oops, sorry, my bad - no MIB intrusion. Try it now. For some reason, when I added the link to my profile, I added a 'www' - my site doesn't work with 'www' in the URL. Thanks for pointing out my error.
So annoyed I didn't look out the window that night!
Siani said:
Siani wrote:
"The UFO is said to have aimed straight for their Eurocopter EC135T21 at great speed from below. The incident happened at 0040, June 8th 2008, as the helicopter crew hovered at 500 ft, awaiting clearance to land."
I see...this was really 12:40am local time? And quite low. I assume "it" was somehow illuminated...
If you get access to a first-hand account from the pilot(s), will you share it? I wonder if they were hovering over airport property when it happened.
Siani
Despiser of religious nuts
Yep, it's local time. That's the reason some sites are reporting the date as June 7th, when in fact it happened very early on June 8th.
Sadly, I doubt I'll be able to get access to the pilots at the moment - they're probably being hounded. I'm going to try to get in touch with them once the dust settles a little, and will post any info on Strange Days, if I get it.
No idea if the object was illuminated. The incident happened over a British airforce base, RAF St. Athan. As South Wales Police don't have an airfield of their own, they either use RAF St. Athan or Fairwood Airport, a small, civilian airport about four miles west of where I live, for refuelling, maintenance checks, downtime, etc. Also, the police pilots tend to be ex-military, which is just as well, considering the seeming hostility of the UFO in this case.
Guess who's going to be sitting in front of her window every night for at least the next few nights?
Sadly, I doubt I'll be able to get access to the pilots at the moment - they're probably being hounded. I'm going to try to get in touch with them once the dust settles a little, and will post any info on Strange Days, if I get it.
No idea if the object was illuminated. The incident happened over a British airforce base, RAF St. Athan. As South Wales Police don't have an airfield of their own, they either use RAF St. Athan or Fairwood Airport, a small, civilian airport about four miles west of where I live, for refuelling, maintenance checks, downtime, etc. Also, the police pilots tend to be ex-military, which is just as well, considering the seeming hostility of the UFO in this case.
Guess who's going to be sitting in front of her window every night for at least the next few nights?
Gareth
Nothin' to see here
Im actually going on a one month holiday in the UK starting next Friday... Any good places to go for potential UFO sightings and even crop circles? Maybe even ghost stuff too but that typically scares the shit out of me. Im a big baby when it comes to apparitions for some reason. Too many movies and books no doubt.
Gareth
Nothin' to see here
Im actually going on a one month holiday in the UK starting next Friday... Any good places to go for potential UFO sightings and even crop circles? Maybe even ghost stuff too but that typically scares the shit out of me. Im a big baby when it comes to apparitions for some reason. Too many movies and books no doubt.
Siani
Despiser of religious nuts
UFO hotspots? South and West Wales have been hotspots for decades. North Wales is pretty active, too especially around Denbigh, Conwy and Wrexham. In England, West Sussex, North Devon, Merseyside, the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales and the Pennines are also notorious. In Scotland, the Bonnybridge area has long been known as a UFO hotspot. Here's a link that may help you identify more hotspots:
http://www.virginmedia.com/digital/science/ufo.php
As far as crop circles are concerned, Wiltshire, in the south-west of England, is the main place to see them, although they also appear in neighbouring counties such as Oxfordshire and Somerset. Be aware, though, that these crop circles are often made by pranksters.
For ghosts, Bodmin Moor in Cornwall is meant to have many a strange phenomenon. Check out the Jamaica Inn, a haunted pub which was the inspiration for the Daphne Du Maurier novel and Hitchcock movie of the same name. In fact, much of Cornwall has quite a paranormal history.
Further north, in Staffordshire, there's an area of moorland, forestry and open countryside called Cannock Chase. It's notorious as a paranormal hotspot - people have reported UFOs, apparitions, strange clouds, missing time, alien (as in non-native) big cats, a Bigfoot-type creature and a werewolf. Many credible witnesses have reported seeing the werewolf in or near the German war cemetary.
London is also a good place for ghostly goings-on. There's Highgate Cemetery, the Tower of London, and even a number of London Underground (subway) stations that are allegedly haunted. I could go on forever - the whole of the UK is a pretty paranormal place!
http://www.virginmedia.com/digital/science/ufo.php
As far as crop circles are concerned, Wiltshire, in the south-west of England, is the main place to see them, although they also appear in neighbouring counties such as Oxfordshire and Somerset. Be aware, though, that these crop circles are often made by pranksters.
For ghosts, Bodmin Moor in Cornwall is meant to have many a strange phenomenon. Check out the Jamaica Inn, a haunted pub which was the inspiration for the Daphne Du Maurier novel and Hitchcock movie of the same name. In fact, much of Cornwall has quite a paranormal history.
Further north, in Staffordshire, there's an area of moorland, forestry and open countryside called Cannock Chase. It's notorious as a paranormal hotspot - people have reported UFOs, apparitions, strange clouds, missing time, alien (as in non-native) big cats, a Bigfoot-type creature and a werewolf. Many credible witnesses have reported seeing the werewolf in or near the German war cemetary.
London is also a good place for ghostly goings-on. There's Highgate Cemetery, the Tower of London, and even a number of London Underground (subway) stations that are allegedly haunted. I could go on forever - the whole of the UK is a pretty paranormal place!
Siani
Despiser of religious nuts
UFO hotspots? South and West Wales have been hotspots for decades. North Wales is pretty active, too especially around Denbigh, Conwy and Wrexham. In England, West Sussex, North Devon, Merseyside, the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales and the Pennines are also notorious. In Scotland, the Bonnybridge area has long been known as a UFO hotspot. Here's a link that may help you identify more hotspots:
http://www.virginmedia.com/digital/science/ufo.php
As far as crop circles are concerned, Wiltshire, in the south-west of England, is the main place to see them, although they also appear in neighbouring counties such as Oxfordshire and Somerset. Be aware, though, that these crop circles are often made by pranksters.
For ghosts, Bodmin Moor in Cornwall is meant to have many a strange phenomenon. Check out the Jamaica Inn, a haunted pub which was the inspiration for the Daphne Du Maurier novel and Hitchcock movie of the same name. In fact, much of Cornwall has quite a paranormal history.
Further north, in Staffordshire, there's an area of moorland, forestry and open countryside called Cannock Chase. It's notorious as a paranormal hotspot - people have reported UFOs, apparitions, strange clouds, missing time, alien (as in non-native) big cats, a Bigfoot-type creature and a werewolf. Many credible witnesses have reported seeing the werewolf in or near the German war cemetary.
London is also a good place for ghostly goings-on. There's Highgate Cemetery, the Tower of London, and even a number of London Underground (subway) stations that are allegedly haunted. I could go on forever - the whole of the UK is a pretty paranormal place!
http://www.virginmedia.com/digital/science/ufo.php
As far as crop circles are concerned, Wiltshire, in the south-west of England, is the main place to see them, although they also appear in neighbouring counties such as Oxfordshire and Somerset. Be aware, though, that these crop circles are often made by pranksters.
For ghosts, Bodmin Moor in Cornwall is meant to have many a strange phenomenon. Check out the Jamaica Inn, a haunted pub which was the inspiration for the Daphne Du Maurier novel and Hitchcock movie of the same name. In fact, much of Cornwall has quite a paranormal history.
Further north, in Staffordshire, there's an area of moorland, forestry and open countryside called Cannock Chase. It's notorious as a paranormal hotspot - people have reported UFOs, apparitions, strange clouds, missing time, alien (as in non-native) big cats, a Bigfoot-type creature and a werewolf. Many credible witnesses have reported seeing the werewolf in or near the German war cemetary.
London is also a good place for ghostly goings-on. There's Highgate Cemetery, the Tower of London, and even a number of London Underground (subway) stations that are allegedly haunted. I could go on forever - the whole of the UK is a pretty paranormal place!
fitzbew88 said:
Livelink claims to have video from the incident:
British Police Helicopter Incident
My first "gut" opinion: fire balloon/lantern. (But I don't trust that the video is legit yet, either.)
Stagger
Herbal Consequentialist
There's a pretty good discussion of the event by Jeff Rense and Nick Pope, including mentions to radar readings. They also go on discussing the released UK files. Good questions by Jeff. Nick Pope is BS-free.
You'd need access to the archives although, hint-hint-hint, one might want to search youTube for words such as 'British Police Helicopter Chases UFO'.
Update: seen this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7471724.stm
You'd need access to the archives although, hint-hint-hint, one might want to search youTube for words such as 'British Police Helicopter Chases UFO'.
Update: seen this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7471724.stm
blindethos
Skilled Investigator
Once again, someone releases chinese lanterns and everyone sees ufo's.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7471724.stm
I think we can safely say that all reports of UFO's in the UK this week are, like phoenix, due to someone lighting chinese lanterns at their wedding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7471724.stm
I think we can safely say that all reports of UFO's in the UK this week are, like phoenix, due to someone lighting chinese lanterns at their wedding.
blindethos said:
If anyone stumbles onto an interview with the police officers who were actually in the helicopter on June 8, I would be grateful if you would share it. At least it would be a first-hand account.
Did it really shoot up at them and then sped away? Did they chase it? Answers to these questions will certainly help to gauge whether a fire balloon is possibly involved.