The truth is not out there: MoD shuts UFO department after 50 years
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:55 PM on 04th December 2009
The Ministry of Defence has closed its UFO investigation unit, it was revealed today.
英國國防部已關閉了其飛碟調查組，這是在今天透露的。
A hotline and email address for the public to report strange sights in the skies to the military were quietly shut down on December 1.
電話熱線和電子郵件地址給市民向軍隊舉報在天空中的奇怪景况，在12月1日悄悄地關閉了。
Is anyone out there? The MOD has moved the employee who dealt with UFO reports to another post出面有冇人？國防部已移走處理UFO報告的僱員往另一職位。
The MoD said it had received thousands of reports of UFOs over more than 50 years, but none revealed any evidence of a potential threat to the UK or substantial proof of the existence of extra-terrestrials.
英國國防部說它在超過50年中收到數以千計的不明飛行物體報告，但沒有一樣反映任何潛在對英國威脅的證據，或實質有外星存在的證明。
It justified the decision to axe the X Files-style unit by saying there was no 'defence value' in investigating the sightings.
這合理化那決定去斬那X檔案風格的單位，調查那些景况是沒有'防禦價值'的。
This picture taken in Tonbridge, Kent, has been described as the best UFO picture taken in the UK. It was snapped in June 2002The officer who dealt with UFO reports has been moved to another post, saving £44,000 a year.
移走負責UFO報告的官員去另一職位，一年慳四萬四千鎊。
Past military files on UFOs will continue to be released by the National Archives.
過去的UFO檔案將繼續由National Archives發放。
In a statement, the MoD said: 'The MoD has no opinion on the existence or otherwise of extra-terrestrial life.
國防部在一聲明中說： 國防部對外星生命存在與否並無意見。
'However, in over 50 years, no UFO report has revealed any evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom.
'The MoD has no specific capability for identifying the nature of such sightings. There is no defence benefit in such investigation and it would be an inappropriate use of defence resources.'
An MoD spokesman added: 'Our resources are focused on the top priority - the frontline in Afghanistan.
'Any legitimate threat to the UK's airspace will spotted by our 24/7 radar checks and dealt with by RAF fighter aircraft.'
One UFO expert said the MoD's move seemed a 'logical step' at a time when it was having to justify every penny it spent.
Dr David Clarke, a lecturer in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, said: 'I'm obviously disappointed because I think, hidden within all the noise, is interesting material.
'But people have got to be realistic, and when you've got the families of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan saying they haven't got the kit they need, collecting reports of funny lights seen in the sky can't be seen as a priority.
'Hopefully in the future it won't be the military that looks into these things - it should be scientists or other people who have got the time to do it.
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