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UFOs near Bonnybridge, Scotland?

Wednesday January 14, 2009
There is a so-called UFO hotspot in Scotland. For many years, the area near and around Bonnybridge has been the location of many UFO sighting reports, photos, and video. With all of the recent Great Britain sightings, headed by the wind farm incident, it takes something pretty extraordinary to get noticed, but a recent video from Banknock, Scotland, has that distinction, according to STV TV.

Known only as "Neil," the eyewitness and videographer told the news and media agency:

“I had sneaked off to my loft for a cigarette, thinking I wouldn’t get caught. I looked out the skylight and I saw what I thought was a bright star, but it was very bright and orangey in colour.

“So I watched it, and then I saw another one. I thought that was an aircraft, but there were no navigation lights or anything.

“Then I saw another one on the horizon rising towards it, and that’s when I realised I was looking at something very unusual and I started shouting at my wife, ‘get me the camera, get me the camera’.

“By that time the other two had disappeared. I got the camera and put the camera on it and that’s what you see in the video.”

I will warn you that their server has been either overloaded, or slow lately, but with a little patience, you can view the footage at UFO Video Footage, taken near Bonnybridge. Be sure to give us any comments you wish to make.

Comments

January 14, 2009 at 8:28 pm
(1) dave c says:

With so many recent incidents, it seems like we may be on the verge something very major. If the German forensic tests on the damaged wind turbine parts yields any insight, do you think the general public will be informed?

January 14, 2009 at 10:02 pm
(2) KJ says:

Oh yes, Dave they will and it will likely be as I describe it here regarding the Wind Turbine Vanes.

Cyclic stresses and vibration in Windturbines.

Cyclic stresses fatigue the blade, axle and bearing; material failures were a major cause of turbine failure for many years. Because wind velocity often increases at higher altitudes, the backward force and torque on a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) blade peaks as it turns through the highest point in its circle. The tower hinders the airflow at the lowest point in the circle, which produces a local dip in force and torque. These effects produce a cyclic twist on the main bearings of a HAWT. The combined twist is worst in machines with an even number of blades, where one is straight up when another is straight down. To improve reliability, teetering hubs have been used which allow the main shaft to rock through a few degrees, so that the main bearings do not have to resist the torque peaks.

When the turbine turns to face the wind, the rotating blades act like a gyroscope. As it pivots, gyroscopic precession tries to twist the turbine into a forward or backward somersault. For each blade on a wind generator’s turbine, precessive force is at a minimum when the blade is horizontal and at a maximum when the blade is vertical. This cyclic twisting can quickly fatigue and crack the blade roots, hub and axle of the turbines.

January 14, 2009 at 10:16 pm
(3) KJ says:

Look an UFO. Orange with a light. Bumping into a Windturbine errrrmm Lampost.

Mawhahahahahahahaha

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7nQU7iaCg

January 14, 2009 at 10:20 pm
(4) KJ says:

MORE UFO’s !!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xvx4Dnu-NDU&feature=related

lolololololol.

January 15, 2009 at 11:04 am
(5) dave c says:

Don’t really care to go back and forth with KJ the self-absorbed twit, but I do wonder if the explanation is so simple why are the forensic tests going to take a month now instead of a week. And how can you so easily disregard all of the witness accounts?

January 15, 2009 at 1:43 pm
(6) KJ's Nemesis says:

Hi KJ (a.k.a. “Thrush”)

I see that you are up to old tricks again i.e. pretending that you are some sort of windmill expert and then abusing & ridiculing anyone who has a different opinion to yours.

I seem to recall that you’re the genius that was adamant…only a few days ago…that the Dutch INVENTED the windmill.

A windmill expert? You’re having a giraffe M8

Just because you live in Holland and see windmills every day when driving to work hardly makes you an expert on them does it?

I happen to live near a nuclear power station and drive past the front gates every day…but I know nothing about nuclear fission or how a nuclear reactor operates.

R U a windmill engineer by any chance? R U involved in the design and/or manufacture of these wind turbines? What scientific qualifications do you have? What branch of science did you specialise in? etc..etc..etc.

If so, don’t be shy. Speak up and let us know what qualifies you to talk with such authority on the issue of turbine failure.

If you know so much about how this particular turbine was damaged in Lincolnshire…and are the windmill expert you claim to be…I am rather surprised that you are not one of the scientists now been called in to examine the damaged blade.

Perhaps you should try and contact the turbine manufacturer and offer your services to the investigation team. I am sure the German investigators would find somethign very important for you to do. Ah yes. You can make the tea !!!!

I suspect that you know nothing whatsoever about wind turbine failure…apart from what you have might have picked up whilst surfing the web…and that my pet dog is as clued up about windmills as you are.

Mawhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaa

January 15, 2009 at 3:54 pm
(7) KJ says:

Right Nemesis has arrived again ! With a flat tyre. Trying to impress verbatim skills which rattle on all sides.

What have you contributed to this site UFO’s and Aliens? Absolutely nothing.

What you have contributed is your skill of Kindergarten potty training and insanity expertise.

Tell us and grace us all with the expertise in what you are skilled in. I am sure it is nihilism and harrassing others that are over your league. Intelligent people like me.

You have that wonderful knack of thinking you can mow the grass under someone’s feet, while you are still wet behind your ears.

You don’t know if I am been called to repair the blade. How do you know ? Did you tap off my telephone line, which makes you practicing illegal eavesdropping.

Don’t tell me that you are intelligent. Because if I would give you a dictionary you would cross-reference the whole Oxford English dictionary and would you be suprised to find that the only 3 fundemenal words are “A”,”The” and “Belgium”.

Nemesis says “I suspect that you know nothing whatsoever about wind turbine failure…apart from what you have might have picked up whilst surfing the web…and that my pet dog is as clued up about windmills as you are.”

You are not Sherlock Holmes. As a matter of fact I think you are poor little girl that is lost in translation and don’t know what to do with her free time then coming here and trying to topple KJ.

Have you so far outlined all the spelling mistakes in the test?

I think your heroes include fascist dictators, people who have been commited to psychiatric institutions, murderers, rapists or estate agents. Now do us all a favour. Take your tail between your legs and sneak out quietly and take your pet-dog out for a long, long walk and don’t come back. We won’t miss you. Unless you are a disguised Alien. I am sure everyone would like to have piece of you on this forum. Until then.

Yours sincerely,

P.S. It’s “Nuclear Fusion”, not “fissure”. But I guess you are suffering from that don’t you ?

January 15, 2009 at 10:27 pm
(8) John says:

All current nuclear power plants are critical fission reactors.

Fusion reactors are still experimental.

January 16, 2009 at 7:16 pm
(9) KJ's Nemesis says:

To KJ

Answer my question “Thrush”…you irritating little ****

What qualifies you to talk with such AUTHORITY on the issue of turbine failure ?

It’s a simple question.

January 16, 2009 at 7:35 pm
(10) KJ's Nemesis says:

To KJ (a.k.a. “Thrush”)

PS I actually typed “fission” NOT “fissure” and, as Dave kindly pointed out, all current nuclear plants are critical FISSION reactors.

PPS I know that English is your second language and I really am trying to make allowances for that fact but, pretending that I typed “fissure” when I actually typed “fission”… so that you could attempt to score a cheap point…is nothing short of embarrassing.

PPS …and to think that my countrymen died in their thousands to free your country from Nazi tyranny just to give a pig ignorant “no mark” like you freedom of speech.

I hope you’re enjoying the freedom we gave you Dutchie…

January 18, 2009 at 10:17 am
(11) shirley says:

Did you know that in 2001 Billy Buchanan a local councillor announced he was seeking to offically twin Bonnybridge with the town of Roswell, Mexico?

January 19, 2009 at 4:24 pm
(12) Scott L. Felton says:

What became of this planned twinning exercise between Bonny Bridge and Roswell? Its been over 7 years now.

And I don’t want to be pedantic, but it is New Mexico, not Mexico the country.

January 19, 2009 at 6:50 pm
(13) KJ's Nemesis says:

Never mind the twinning exercise…

What I want to know is what’s happened to my old friend KJ (a.k.a. “Thrush”) ???? I would have thought he’d have responded by now….but the silence is deafening.

Perhaps (fingers crossed) he’s been abducted by aliens.

Somehow, however, I don’t think that the world is going to be that lucky and, just like a bad penny, this illiterate Dutch moron will surface soon. [sigh]

Anyway, this is to remind you “Thrush” that you have still NOT answered the question I asked you and, in case you’ve forgtten what that question was, here is is again…

What qualifies you to talk with such AUTHORITY on the issue of turbine failure ?

We’re all waiting Dutchie !!!!!

January 19, 2009 at 7:57 pm
(14) John George says:

All I want to know is: What was that Scotsman smoking and do you think he’ll share any of it?

January 20, 2009 at 10:41 am
(15) shirley says:

Sorry I did mean New Mexico.
Do not know any further about twinning but news articles were published on Scotsman.com on 13.12.04 and 27.7.07

January 22, 2009 at 3:51 am
(16) Night Raven says:

Wow, I came here to read comments on UFO’s, but I find myself trying to duck flying urine in the battle between KJ and his Nemesis….

August 1, 2009 at 3:00 pm
(17) DeepThroat says:

Bill Buchanan was to head an 8 man team to roswell,it’s said that Roswells Mayor Bill Owen was open to the idea of the twinning of both towns,he believed it would highly benefit both economys.

However in 2005 Mr Buchanan was sacked by council leader David Alexander. Buchanan was fired because he ”didn’t toe the party line”

He was replaced by Ricky Wilson. Buchanan was looking into taking legal action. Heard nothing since.

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