Topic: Moon mistaken for UFO in the UK

Anonymous 1fcc06efe167f22c81073828eb89ffc1 started this discussion 2 months (2008-07-05 12:35:47 UTC) ago:

> Police in Wales were called to investigate a mysterious flying saucer, only to discover it was the moon.
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> The moon was mistaken for a "bright, stationary" UFO which had been loitering for at least half an hour, by a confused local in South Wales who made a 999 call to the police.
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> Today officers released a transcript in order to highlight the time wasted by unnecessary 999 calls.
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> The bizzare conversation ran as follows:
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> Control: "South Wales Police, what's your emergency?"
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> Caller: "It's not really. I just need to inform you that across the mountain there's a bright stationary object."
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> Control: "Right."
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> Caller: "If you've got a couple of minutes perhaps you could find out what it is? It's been there at least half an hour and it's still there."
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> Control: "It's been there for half an hour. Right. Is it actually on the mountain or in the sky?"
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> Caller: "It's in the air."
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> Control: "I will send someone up there now to check it out."
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> Caller: "OK."
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> After the police patrol car arrives, the script reveals the exchange between the control room and the police officer sent to the scene.
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> Control: "Alpha Zulu 20, this object in the sky, did anyone have a look at it?"
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> Officer: "Yes, it's the moon. Over."
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> A police spokeswoman said: "This was a recent example of an inappropriate 999 call to South Wales Police.
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> "Yes, we can all see the comical side but calling 999 with an unnecessary non-emergency call could block a genuine call for vital seconds and put lives at risk."
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> Other bizarre calls cited by the police force included someone asking for help voting for Rhydian on The X-Factor and another requesting a pound coin for their supermarket trolley.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2248463/Moon-mistaken-for-UFO.html

So… was this a troll or an actual retard?

Anonymous 8e515e2aaee5d65ddd8cc6c2d237e9ed replied with this 2 months (2008-07-05 20:06:32 UTC) ago, 8 hours later (#30,588):

My guess is troll :P

Anonymous 22db12e0a28f392e18f710e945e7276f replied with this 2 months (2008-07-05 20:18:06 UTC) ago, 12 minutes later (#30,591):

Thats a troll. Anyone else laugh at this though?

Anonymous b5f6d29d184e8eeaec96c0287cc26ad8 replied with this 2 months (2008-07-05 20:40:10 UTC) ago, 22 minutes later (#30,597):

Must be a troll. Retards would be too dumb for that.

Anonymous 08727d13fca131780af067595484013e replied with this 2 months (2008-07-06 14:40:10 UTC) ago, 18 hours later (#30,679):

Obviously a troll.

Anonymous ee2b921559bdaf6a9ccba204f1b463b3 replied with this 2 months (2008-07-10 01:17:39 UTC) ago, 3 days later (#31,423):

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Topic: Moon mistaken for UFO in the UK