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On 8 January, the Sun newspaper was back in the business of UFO hype (following last Summer’s ‘invasion’ scare), this time with a front-page banner headline. The main story was trailed with an excruciating pun – E.T. Farm Harm – but stemmed from a story that had already been in the local media for 48 hours. Nevertheless, the Sun joyfully announced in a leader the next day that they had got “the nation buzzing” with features in most news sources and many TV and radio debates.
According to the hype, a ‘UFO’ had collided with a turbine on a wind farm at Conisholme in Lincolnshire early on Sunday 4 January, causing serious damage, including the disappearance of one of the turbine’s three 80ft (24m) blades and damage to one of the two adjacent blades.
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