Skepticlawyer » ministry of defence http://skepticlawyer.com.au Two lawyers and a larrikin on life, law and liberty. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:49:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 UK to ignore illegal aliens http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2009/12/08/uk-to-ignore-illegal-aliens/ http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2009/12/08/uk-to-ignore-illegal-aliens/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:43:21 +0000 DeusExMacintosh http://skepticlawyer.com.au/?p=3196 passportcontrol

The Ministry of Defence has closed its UFO unit after more than 50 years of investigating reported UK sightings…

In a statement, the MoD said it had “no opinion on the existence or otherwise of extra-terrestrial life”.

It went on: “In over 50 years, no UFO report has revealed any evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom.

“The MoD has no specific capability for identifying the nature of such sightings. There is no defence benefit in such investigation and it would be an inappropriate use of defence resources.”

An MoD spokesman added that resources were being “focused on the top priority – the front line in Afghanistan”.

He added: “Any legitimate threat to the UK’s airspace will be spotted by our 24/7 radar checks and dealt with by RAF fighter aircraft.”

- BBC News

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