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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4981720.stm

I found the reference to the “Flying Saucer Working Party” quite intriguing. Socialism is apparently alive and well in the cosmos.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1714202,00.html

If ghosts in bottles go for thousands, you’d expect a fair return for a pickled alien.

A trio of Connaught Telegraph classics immediately spring to mind:

1: the aforementioned “Mayo done it again”. In reference to some victory or other perpetrated by the senior football team. The key word here is “again”!?

2: “The Connaught Telegraph – Be Just and Fair Not”. This I spotted on a complementary pen thus proving the old adage.

And finally my favourite.
3: The following appeared as the headline for a feature on the scourge of anglers; the midge. “And The Midgets Were Waiting For Me!” Throughout the article the correspondent warns the reader of the hazards awaiting one should they come too close to a cluster of midgets – it seems they have a propensity to swarm and are fond of biting ankles.

Some of my current favourites;

The Connacht Sentinel!

The County Down Spectator!

The Finn Valley Voice!

The Dungarvan Observer and Munster Industrial Advocate!

The Nenagh Guardian!

The Impartial Reporter and Farmers Journal!

and the ever watchful…

Skibereen Eagle!

Upon reading the story I bounded towards the attic in search of my remaining 12 minutes (I featured on Garda Patrol a few years back, wasting 3). Among the booty up there was a bottle containing what appears to be the sailing vessel of a mysterious miniature alien race. I also found an old bag of cement in the garage. Any budding journalists out there wanting to make a name for themselves should give me a shout – you can forget about it though if you work for the Connacht Tribune; I’m a Connaught “Mayo done it again” Telegraph man born and reared.

That is the US air force line. They deny these alien encounters. It is quite possible they concoct stories to cover up for more nefarious activities.

Exactly.

Possibly sculpted from a clay-like substance and painted grey

I think not. Alien flesh is a much more convincing explanation.

Must say, I like the guardian’s picture of barney with his jar.

Anyway, the plot thickens. It appears that our Mr. Broom is a film-maker who (as his website tells us) “has written and directed numerous films for the Ministry of Defence”.

There’s a fustar.org exclusive for you. Can’t believe the Guardian didn’t pick up on this (they only described him as a ‘screenwriter’)…particularly given the ‘prop-like’ appearance of the object in question.

Curiouser and Curiouser…

Edit: The BBC did mention Mr. Broom’s job, but failed to mention the tasty Ministry of Defence Connection -

Mr Broom, a film-maker who is agnostic about the existence of aliens, says it could have been produced as a stage prop, or else made by one of the many US servicemen and women who have been based in the area.