AUGUST 9, 2008: Reports sweeping Europe and the rest of the globe say that reports of UFOs have hit an all time high in Britain this year. The Telegraph reported today that “So far this year 150 apparent ‘flying saucers’ have been reported to police, military bases and the Ministry of Defence, compared to just 135 for the whole of 2007, and 97 the year before.” This data was accessed via use of the Freedom of Information Act, and the Telegraph reported that the number suggests “2008 will be a bumper year for alien activity.”
Meanwhile, the sheer number of UFOs being seen in Britain this year isn’t the only news from the UK making headlines involving extraterrestrials; British hacker Gary McKinnon, who has been charged with illegally accessing 92 computer systems belonging to the Pentagon, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, the Department of Defense, and even NASA, was recently dismissed of his appeal to the highest British Court against extradition to the US, where he may now serve up to 60 years in prison.
McKinnon’s actions were initially suspected to be a part of a larger al-Queda plot against the United States, having resulted in a week-long shutdown of a 300-computer network, preventing the Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey from being able to replenish munitions and supplies to the Atlantic fleet until the system was restored. Fortunately perhaps, no harm was intended by McKinnon’s otherwise reprehensible actions; rather than to shut down military computer networks, he had merely hoped find conclusive evidence of UFOs. Now McKinnon will be the first UK citizen to be extradited to the U.S. for computer-related crimes. Read the rest of this entry »
