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The Daily Telegraph : Aliens caused Sicily fires, say officials

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  1. Achilleus

    Achilleus Member

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    Aliens caused Sicily fires, say officials

    By Nick Pisa in Rome
    Last Updated: 1:05am GMT 29/10/2007

    Aliens were responsible for a series of unexplained fires in fridges, TV’s and mobile phones in an Italian village, according to an Italian government report.

    Canneto di Caronia, in northern Sicily, drew attention three years ago after residents reported everyday household objects bursting into flames.

    TV news footage at the time showed electrical appliances as well as cookers, a pile of wedding presents and furniture smouldering.
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    Dozens of experts including scientists, electrical engineers and military boffins, arrived in the village 60 miles east of Palermo to investigate the phenomenon.

    Arson was quickly ruled out and at one stage an amazed scientist was interviewed after he described how he saw an unplugged electrical cable burst into flames.

    Locals were quick to blame supernatural forces and at the time the Vatican’s chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth backed up their fears and said: "I’ve seen things like this before. Demons occupy a house and appear in electrical goods. Let’s not forget that Satan and his followers have immense powers."

    Now in an interim leaked report published by several Italian newspapers it has emerged that the Civil Protection Department has concluded the most likely cause was "aliens".

    The report was ordered by the Italian government and brought together dozens of experts including a NASA scientist. Their two year investigation has cost an estimated £1 million.

    According to the report the fires were "caused by a high power electro magnetic emissions which were not man made and reached a power of between 12 and 15 gigawatts."

    The report also detailed a possible UFO landing close to the village, citing "burnt imprints which have not been explained were found in a field."

    Francesco Mantegna Venerando, Sicily’s Civil Protection chief who coordinated the report, said: "This is not the final report. We are still working on our conclusions and this has been leaked.

    "We are not saying that little green men from Mars started the fires but that unnatural forces capable of creating a large amount of electromagnetic energy were responsible.

    "This is just one possibility we are also looking at another one which involves the testing of top secret weapons by an unknown power which are also capable of producing an enormous amount of energy."

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/26/waliens126.xml

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  2. bladeage

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    "1.21 Gigawatts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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  3. moestavern19

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    In reality they were plugging them in the outlets backwards.
     
  4. KingCheetah

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    Well that's just strange -- even for Italians.
     
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    Makes perfect sense. It was definitely not from there (in their estimation).


    Main Entry:
    1 alien Listen to the pronunciation of 1 alien
    Pronunciation:
    \ˈā-lē-ən, ˈāl-yən\
    Function:
    adjective
    Etymology:
    Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin alienus, from alius
    Date:
    14th century

    1 a: belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing : strange
    b: relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government : foreign
    c: exotic 1
    2: differing in nature or character typically to the point of incompatibility




    Main Entry:
    alien
    Function:
    noun
    Date:
    14th century

    1: a person of another family, race, or nation
    2: a foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign country; broadly : a foreign-born citizen
    3: extraterrestrial
    4: exotic 1
     
  6. Achilleus

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    ^_^ !!!
     
  7. hotballa

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    I thought this was another anti immigration thread
     
  8. Lady_Di

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    Geez! I think I saw an UFO when I was in Italy in 2003!
     
  9. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    Ya know, I have no idea if this is a made up story or not, but I hope somebody is considering fluctuations of the Earth's magnetic field.

    It is due to start fluctuating like crazy, and local fluctuations can do nutty stuff.
     
  10. KingCheetah

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    Between 12 and 15 gigawatts of nuttiness? Open your mind man -- the only possible explanation is aliens.
     
  11. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    M'kay -- your wright.

    Maybe Tesla's b*stard great-grandson is at work though! :eek:
    Or maybe he joined with the aliens.
     
  12. tinman

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    Not aliens. ATLiens!
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