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By Daily Telegraph Reporter
Last Updated: 6:40PM GMT 26 Jan 2009<\/p>\n
Pilots have apparently fired upon the unidentified objects without success
\nsince the 1980s, according to Nick Pope, who used to run the Ministry of
\nDefence's UFO project.<\/p>\n
"There was a faction in the MoD who said 'We want to shoot down a UFO and
\nthat will resolve the issue one way or another'," he told The Sun.<\/p>\n
"We know of cases where the order has been given to shoot down – with little
\neffect to the UFO."<\/p>\n
Mr Pope claimed that the RAF only attempted to engage when the mysterious
\nobjects were perceived to be a threat.<\/p>\n
He said: "In the case of UFOs, whether the object is causing a threat is very
\nmuch a pilot's judgement call. The public won't know unless it comes down in a
\nheavily populated area."<\/p>\n
The MoD refused to comment.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, residents in the Lincolnshire Wolds were left puzzled by
\nthe destruction of a wind turbine within hours of several sightings of strange
\nglowing orbs.<\/p>\n
At least half a dozen residents reported seeing the orange-yellow spheres,
\nwhich some witnesses claimed were trailing tentacles. <\/p>\n
Dorothy Willows, who lives a mile and a half from the wind farm, said she saw
\na "low-flying object skimming across the sky towards the turbines" on January
\n4.<\/p>\n
The following morning, a 213ft glass fibre turbine was left crippled, with
\nlocals reporting hearing a loud bang like thunder. <\/p>\n
One of the \u00a31 million turbine's 65ft blades was ripped off and another
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