Irish UFOs blast into the light after 37 years in twilight zone
Alison Healy
If the Americans can have The X Files, then so can we. A dossier on
unidentified flying objects (UFOs), kept by the Irish Defence Forces for
37 years, has finally emerged.
But anyone hoping to confirm the existence of little green men will be
disappointed. The best the file comes up with are flying saucers, objects
shaped like fried eggs and flashing coloured lights - some of the
sightings logged in documents dating back to 1947.
The file - released to the Irish Times under the Freedom of Information
Act - includes press cuttings about reported sightings of UFOs, along with
classified memos and other correspondence.
In recent months, the British and French authorities opened their files on
UFO sightings to the public. A spokesman for the Department of Defence
said that, since 1984 the UFO file was no longer maintained by the Defence
Forces.
The file up to then includes a report of a UFO sighting in Boherlahan,
near Cashel, Co Tipperary, in 1984. It was "the same shape as a fried egg"
and had "some kind of an aerial on top and it was brown in colour", local
teenager Conor Dwyer told The Irish Times at the time. A 10-year-old boy
reported it made a buzzing noise like a chainsaw and said the bright
lights dazzled him.
The file also contains a classified memo on an alleged sighting of a
flying projectile over a bog in Donegal in May the same year. An off-duty
garda and a farmer were cutting turf near Falcarragh when they heard "a
gushing sound". The garda looked up and saw a grey object travelling at
speed over his head. It was shaped like a household iron with fins at the
back.
The memo noted the garda was "extremely reluctant" to be interviewed but
agreed after receiving assurances his identity would not be revealed.
However, the garda's cover was blown a month later in Phoenix. The
magazine speculated it had been a sea-launched guided missile.
An early entry in the file concerns a statement by a Cahirciveen
shopkeeper and farmer in June 1947. He told gardaí he saw a circular
object moving "faster than a motor car" through the sky. "It was flat and
was like a big wheel or large plate . . . the rim was white and it was
hollow in the centre".
Two months later, the Cork Examiner reported two priests separately saw a
strange rocket-like object in the sky the same evening. A Garda
superintendent wrote he was satisfied it was a shooting star: "The
pressmen in Killarney like to keep abreast of the times and now that the
age of 'flying saucer' has arrived, they like to keep in the news,
particularly where any money can be made out of it."
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0920/1190238990654.html
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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21 Sep 2007 09:18:39 PM |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:34:05 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
Irish UFOs blast into the light after 37 years in twilight zone
Alison Healy
If the Americans can have The X Files, then so can we. A dossier on
unidentified flying objects (UFOs), kept by the Irish Defence Forces for
37 years, has finally emerged.
Um ... that was Project Blue Book. The X Files was a TV show (based on
someone's wild imagination).
Woods
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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21 Sep 2007 11:34:38 PM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46f47b7e$0$32534$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:34:05 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
Irish UFOs blast into the light after 37 years in twilight zone
Alison Healy
If the Americans can have The X Files, then so can we. A dossier on
unidentified flying objects (UFOs), kept by the Irish Defence Forces
for
37 years, has finally emerged.
Um ... that was Project Blue Book. The X Files was a TV show (based on
someone's wild imagination).
Woods
Well, Woods, a number of journalists use popular metaphorical terms
instead of the historically accurate terms. I wished they wouldn't do
that because to the uninformed it can falsely validate fictional crap, and
mislead readers.
If some 14 year old sci-fi fan read this article, he just might think
there was a government agency called "X files".
In any case, it's refreshing that one government after another is
realeasing its UFO data to the public. Of course, none of this data seems
to prove the existence of an alien presence, but it doesn't disprove it,
either.
Doc
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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22 Sep 2007 01:51:24 PM |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:34:38 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46f47b7e$0$32534$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:34:05 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
Irish UFOs blast into the light after 37 years in twilight zone
Alison Healy
If the Americans can have The X Files, then so can we. A dossier on
unidentified flying objects (UFOs), kept by the Irish Defence Forces
for
37 years, has finally emerged.
Um ... that was Project Blue Book. The X Files was a TV show (based on
someone's wild imagination).
Woods
Well, Woods, a number of journalists use popular metaphorical terms
instead of the historically accurate terms. I wished they wouldn't do
that because to the uninformed it can falsely validate fictional crap, and
mislead readers.
News and factual articles are not the place for metaphors.I suspect that
the "journalists" doing that are more likely to be just plain old
ignorant. Reading newspapers these days are pretty cringeworthy. :-(
If some 14 year old sci-fi fan read this article, he just might think
there was a government agency called "X files". In any case, it's
refreshing that one government after another is realeasing its UFO data
to the public. Of course, none of this data seems to prove the existence
of an alien presence, but it doesn't disprove it, either. Doc
Yes, I've been an advocate of open government for a very long time. There
are very, very few things that I would consider to be appropriate for a
government for the people, by the people, to withhold from the people.
Information on UFOs isn't even close to being on that list, IMHO.
Woods
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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22 Sep 2007 04:22:07 PM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46f5642c$0$17089$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:34:38 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46f47b7e$0$32534$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:34:05 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
Irish UFOs blast into the light after 37 years in twilight zone
Alison Healy
If the Americans can have The X Files, then so can we. A dossier on
unidentified flying objects (UFOs), kept by the Irish Defence Forces
for
37 years, has finally emerged.
Um ... that was Project Blue Book. The X Files was a TV show (based
on
someone's wild imagination).
Woods
Well, Woods, a number of journalists use popular metaphorical terms
instead of the historically accurate terms. I wished they wouldn't do
that because to the uninformed it can falsely validate fictional crap,
and
mislead readers.
News and factual articles are not the place for metaphors.I suspect that
the "journalists" doing that are more likely to be just plain old
ignorant. Reading newspapers these days are pretty cringeworthy. :-(
If some 14 year old sci-fi fan read this article, he just might think
there was a government agency called "X files". In any case, it's
refreshing that one government after another is realeasing its UFO data
to the public. Of course, none of this data seems to prove the
existence
of an alien presence, but it doesn't disprove it, either. Doc
Yes, I've been an advocate of open government for a very long time.
There
are very, very few things that I would consider to be appropriate for a
government for the people, by the people, to withhold from the people.
Information on UFOs isn't even close to being on that list, IMHO.
Woods
Let me tell you that when I wrote radio news copy for a small local
station, KASY, Auburn, WA (potential listenership was estimated at less
than 10,000), my employer told me to use metaphorical headliners to catch
interest, and then usually use the proper scientific, historical, etc.
terms in the body of the story copy. heehehee...For example, when I wrote
up a story one time on a satellite that had reentered the atmosphere and
had burned up off the Washington coast (seen by many), I wrote this
headliner -- (several headliners were bunched in less than a 10 second
time frame)
A 1400 POUND FALLING SPACE SATELLITE FLAMES OUT OVER THE WASHINGTON
COASTLINE EARLIER TODAY, SEEN BY THOUSANDS..........
.. It didn't 'flame out' really, it just fell and burned up. But, if I'd
merely written - A BURNING SATELLITE FALLS OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST....it
wouldn't be as, uh, useful to get listeners to notice. And of course that
catchiness is to get them to listen to the station's main revenue -- the
sponsors!! A news writer will be told in no uncertain terms that
exploitative angles are 'preferred when necessary' to enliven an otherwise
fairly routine or common news event. Actually, space junk falls commonly
all over the globe, nearly every week.
Writing copy for radio is somewhat different than for the print media, but
the basics in sort of warping the story to garner more interest is still
employed...with vigor! LOL~! That is why I don't trust the media
much...and you're smart not to, either. Some, however, aren't so savvy.
Doc
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22 Sep 2007 05:19:20 PM |
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:22:07 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46f5642c$0$17089$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:34:38 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:46f47b7e$0$32534$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:34:05 -0700, Docrodile wrote:
Irish UFOs blast into the light after 37 years in twilight zone
Alison Healy
If the Americans can have The X Files, then so can we. A dossier on
unidentified flying objects (UFOs), kept by the Irish Defence Forces
for
37 years, has finally emerged.
Um ... that was Project Blue Book. The X Files was a TV show (based
on
someone's wild imagination).
Woods
Well, Woods, a number of journalists use popular metaphorical terms
instead of the historically accurate terms. I wished they wouldn't do
that because to the uninformed it can falsely validate fictional crap,
and
mislead readers.
News and factual articles are not the place for metaphors.I suspect that
the "journalists" doing that are more likely to be just plain old
ignorant. Reading newspapers these days are pretty cringeworthy. :-(
If some 14 year old sci-fi fan read this article, he just might think
there was a government agency called "X files". In any case, it's
refreshing that one government after another is realeasing its UFO data
to the public. Of course, none of this data seems to prove the
existence
of an alien presence, but it doesn't disprove it, either. Doc
Yes, I've been an advocate of open government for a very long time.
There
are very, very few things that I would consider to be appropriate for a
government for the people, by the people, to withhold from the people.
Information on UFOs isn't even close to being on that list, IMHO.
Woods
Let me tell you that when I wrote radio news copy for a small local
station, KASY, Auburn, WA (potential listenership was estimated at less
than 10,000), my employer told me to use metaphorical headliners to catch
interest, and then usually use the proper scientific, historical, etc.
terms in the body of the story copy. heehehee...For example, when I wrote
up a story one time on a satellite that had reentered the atmosphere and
had burned up off the Washington coast (seen by many), I wrote this
headliner -- (several headliners were bunched in less than a 10 second
time frame)
A 1400 POUND FALLING SPACE SATELLITE FLAMES OUT OVER THE WASHINGTON
COASTLINE EARLIER TODAY, SEEN BY THOUSANDS..........
. It didn't 'flame out' really, it just fell and burned up. But, if I'd
merely written - A BURNING SATELLITE FALLS OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST....it
wouldn't be as, uh, useful to get listeners to notice. And of course that
catchiness is to get them to listen to the station's main revenue -- the
sponsors!! A news writer will be told in no uncertain terms that
exploitative angles are 'preferred when necessary' to enliven an otherwise
fairly routine or common news event. Actually, space junk falls commonly
all over the globe, nearly every week.
Well, if any of that stuff falls on me - I'm suing! ;-)
Writing copy for radio is somewhat different than for the print media, but
the basics in sort of warping the story to garner more interest is still
employed...with vigor! LOL~! That is why I don't trust the media
much...and you're smart not to, either. Some, however, aren't so savvy.
Doc
If it's ... uh, inflammatory, I generally tune out the station
permanently. If I want drama/theatrics, I'll head back to the office or
call my sister-in-law!
It doesn't say much for America that such gimmicks draw people in for
"news". IMHO. Oh, well ....
Woods
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| User: "Phil Gristle" |
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22 Sep 2007 06:01:35 PM |
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On 23 Sep, 10:19, Woodswun <woods...@tepidmail.com> wrote:
It doesn't say much for America that such gimmicks draw people in for
"news". IMHO. Oh, well ....
Woods
i hate he one where they do a live cut to a reporter on the spot and
then they interview the reporter
he may as well have stayed in the studio and kept his carbon miles
down
remember when reporters used to interview witnesses
?
ps - have you googled "fuckthecorporatemedia" yet
for laff about how they made a bunch of gays and old ladys out to be
violent anarchists
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