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The Conisholme Wind Turbine

Conisholme, Lincolnshire

A shattered wind turbine, and lights in the sky the night before.

In January 2009 one of the blades of a wind turbine at Conisholme was found torn off, with another bent. Local people said they had seen strange lights in the sky the night before, and newspapers around the world asked whether a UFO had crashed into it.

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When
January 2009
Where
53.4100, 0.1300
Group
UFO cases

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The wind farm can be seen from the roads around Conisholme.

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UFO Cases of Britain

Fifty-four real and closely examined British UFO cases, weighed with honesty rather than hype. From Rendlesham Forest, the best-documented UFO case the United Kingdom has ever produced, to the Berwyn Mountains, the Broad Haven schoolchildren, the Calvine photograph and the Bonnybridge hotspot, each case sets out what was seen, who saw it and what the explanations are.

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