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British "X-files" Released to Public

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the insert-mark-snow-score-here dept.

Smivs writes "Britain's Ministry of Defence has just released files regarding investigations into UFO sightings between 1978 to 1987. Over the next three or four years, 160 files will be handed over to the National Archives. The first group of eight files, one of which is more than 450 pages long, is available today. The Guardian newspaper details many of the events in question, some interesting and many just bizarre. A similar release of UFO files by France's national space agency last year attracted more than 220,000 users on its first day, causing it to crash. To avoid such problems, the National Archives is using an external hosting company which can add extra capacity as needed to handle the web traffic."

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  1. British 'X-Files'? by muellerr1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the British X-Files was called 'Torchwood'?

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    1. Re:British 'X-Files'? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought the British X-Files was called 'Torchwood'?

      You're confused. That's the British gay porn show.
  2. Proof at last by archammer2 · · Score: 5, Funny
    from TFA:

    Other reports are more credible. At quarter past midnight on Christmas Day 1985, three police officers in Woking were surprised by a white light descending on the Horsell area.


    Finally! Undeniable proof in the existance of Santa Claus! I knew it!
  3. Re:If you believe in alien spaceships on Earth... by Genady · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are you saying? Religion is really behind all the probing of young boys? We already knew that.

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  4. Re:parent poster is right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. The pattern leads you to being one of the ufo nuts.

  5. Re:Take off the tinfoil hat by sentientbeing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look im no boaster,

    But you aint SEEN my ass, honey.

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  6. I Used to Get UFO Calls From the Public by aquatone282 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Way back in a previous life, when I was a USAF Recruiter working out of the Reno, Nevada office on Moana Lane, I would occasionally get a UFO report from an excited member of the public. The recruiting office was the only number listed under U.S. Air Force in the Reno phone book because the nearest Air Force base was located across the Sierra Nevada mountains in Sacramento, California.

    At first, I tried to explain that the local Air Force recruiting office wasn't the right place to report a UFO sighting, but then I realized what a gift these calls were.

    From then on, whenever a UFO report came in, I got as excited as the caller, asking them for details, etc. Then I explained I wasn't the correct office to report UFOs to and then gave them the number to the Nevada Air National Guard's base operations office.

    And I always told the caller to not take "no" as answer from whoever answered the phone.

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