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Rift Surfer
Actual aliens this time, not an enlarged EU
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/10/brit_aliens/
By Lucy Sherriff → More by this author
Published Friday 10th November 2006 11:17 GMT
The British government is shockingly underprepared for an attack by extraterrestrials, an ex-MoD man has claimed.
Nick Pope, a career civil servant who spent four years heading up the MoD's research into UFO sightings, is concerned that credible evidence of an alien threat is being ignored and that Britain is "wide open" to attack.
According to an article in London paper The Evening Standard, Pope said: "The consequences of getting this one wrong could be huge. If you reported a UFO sighting now, I am absolutely sure that you would just get back a standard letter telling you not to worry. Frankly, we are wide open - if something does not behave like a conventional aircraft now, it will be ignored."
Pope explains that he became convinced of the reality of alien visits to Earth while he was investigating reports of UFO sightings. The MoD investigates all of these to make sure that British airspace has not been compromised.
He says he has seen no evidence of hostile intent, but suspects that the planet is being covertly reconnoitred.
What he doesn't say, is what sort of plan should be in place to deal with any wannabe alien marauders. After all, if some big green lizardy things with arm-mounted bazooka-death-ray-guns did show up and want to take over, we'd be hard pushed to mount a credible defence.
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Nick Pope on the speaker circuit hunt! /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif Actually the only official Dod type speaking the Truth...
As an Irish American I hope ALIENS do attack the Britain /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
TheCigMan
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/10/brit_aliens/
By Lucy Sherriff → More by this author
Published Friday 10th November 2006 11:17 GMT
The British government is shockingly underprepared for an attack by extraterrestrials, an ex-MoD man has claimed.
Nick Pope, a career civil servant who spent four years heading up the MoD's research into UFO sightings, is concerned that credible evidence of an alien threat is being ignored and that Britain is "wide open" to attack.
According to an article in London paper The Evening Standard, Pope said: "The consequences of getting this one wrong could be huge. If you reported a UFO sighting now, I am absolutely sure that you would just get back a standard letter telling you not to worry. Frankly, we are wide open - if something does not behave like a conventional aircraft now, it will be ignored."
Pope explains that he became convinced of the reality of alien visits to Earth while he was investigating reports of UFO sightings. The MoD investigates all of these to make sure that British airspace has not been compromised.
He says he has seen no evidence of hostile intent, but suspects that the planet is being covertly reconnoitred.
What he doesn't say, is what sort of plan should be in place to deal with any wannabe alien marauders. After all, if some big green lizardy things with arm-mounted bazooka-death-ray-guns did show up and want to take over, we'd be hard pushed to mount a credible defence.
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Nick Pope on the speaker circuit hunt! /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif Actually the only official Dod type speaking the Truth...
As an Irish American I hope ALIENS do attack the Britain /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
TheCigMan