And now CNN gets on the bandwagon....
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/eu...ef=mpstoryview
Quote:
Fraser McLachlan, chief executive of GCube, which insures more than 25,000 wind turbines worldwide, told PA that although it was unusual, this kind of incident happened up to six times a year (so that's six different UFO's or the same one?).
"It does happen that a blade will sometimes just come off a machine for one reason or another," he said. "The main reason is the blade may shear. "We don't normally see things like aircraft -- or UFOs -- hitting them. It's usually a mechanical failure that causes the blade to separate from the main hub."
He said the cold weather was another possible cause.
Dr Peter Schubel, an expert in the design and manufacture of wind turbine blades at the University of Nottingham, agreed.
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A local woman sees a fireworks display, misinterprets it as an "ufo", the turbine happens to break down and, presto: you have a perfect tabloid story - ufo crashes into wind turbine...