Cardiff UFO may have been 'glow lantern'.

According to an article on the BBC Wales new site, the UFO which attacked a police helicopter near Cardiff, may have been a glow lantern. What do you think?

Wedding couple sparked UFO alert

The article shows a photograph of one of the lanterns being set off at the wedding. It's possible, I guess. But it doesn't explain why a rectangular lantern was described as saucer-shaped, or why it was said to have travelled up towards the helicopter at speed. And surely, an experienced air support crew would recognise a lantern? If I was a fan of conspiracy theories, I'd now be thinking that the original UFO report may indeed have just been part of a disinformation campaign. But I don't do conspiracy. Not yet, anyway!

Police chase UFO over Cardiff - news vid

For those of you living outside Wales, I thought you may like to see this ITV Wales TV news report. Jonathan Hill reports on the recent UFO sighting near Cardiff, by the South Wales Police helicopter. Judging by the report, I'm not going to be able to follow this one up. The crew aren't giving interviews to anyone, and it seems the police are choosing their words very carefully in relation to the whole incident. The sound quality seems a bit bumpy for the first couple of seconds of the clip, but it's not too bad.

Just a word of caution - there are a number of clips on Youtube and other video sites at the moment, purporting to show FLIR footage of this incident. The footage actually relates to a totally separate incident filmed by another British police force, a couple of years ago.

Police chase UFO over Cardiff - 2

The following five clips feature audio of Nick Pope being interviewed on the Jeff Rense show. The Cardiff Police helicopter UFO incident is apparently the main object of discussion. I've not had a chance to listen to it yet, so please let me know if this isn't the case. Enjoy!

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Another pilot sighting of a UFO

Following on from the Cardiff police helicopter UFO incident, it is interesting to note that there was a further pilot sighting of a UFO around 36 hours later, this time over Mexico City. A report on the Mexico City incident is available at Inexplicata. I find this report interesting, as the UFOs are described as ascending at high speed. The Cardiff UFO was also ascending at speed, when it almost knocked the police helicopter and its crew out of the sky.

After hearing about these recent incidents, I have to ask this. How long is the Ministry of Defence going to carry on its 'of no defence significance' charade? If almost killing a police air support crew is of no defence significance, what the heck is? What if one of these machines sped toward a civilian airliner in such a way? The jet would stand little, if any, chance, as an airliner is not as manoeuvrable as a helicopter. And even if a commercial jet could avoid a collision, the violence of such evasive action could cause serious injuries to those on board. Isn't it time to admit these objects are in our airspace, whatever they are? If we can't chase them away, pilots should at least be made aware of the danger these things pose.

Japanese astronomers hunt ET

According to a report from Reuters, in Tokyo, "Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for an unprecedented quest to find out whether there is life in outer space". Astronomers from all over Japan, will focus on one particular star that they see as a potential home for extraterrestrial life. Reuters quotes Shinya Narusawa, chief researcher at the Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory as saying:

"Everyone wonders at least once in their lifetime whether space is infinite and whether aliens really do exist".

Narusawa went on to explain that Japanese researchers have been studying the heavens, looking for radio signals or laser emissions from extraterrestrial worlds. This broad sweep has produced no results so far, which is why Japanese researchers have decide to focus on a specific star. Narusawa also explained some of the pitfalls of looking for signals from space:

"When there are some suspicious signals, sometimes it's hard to tell whether they are artificial ones coming from the earth ... or whether they are coming from the stars in the natural world".

UFOs also hit the Japanese headlines last year, when a Japanese politician asked the government if it had any evidence to suggest aliens existed. He received a negative answer. Maybe Narusawa will have something more positive to report. Who knows?