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Army Causes ‘Countless’ UFO Calls To Police
Police have received “countless” emergency calls reporting alien activity above Dartmoor.
Devon and Cornwall Police were reportedly inundated with 999 calls from people reporting flashing and floating lights on Tuesday night.
However, the Resource and Deployment Officer for the force explained the problem with a tweet:
I can confirm there are no #UFOs over #Okehampton. @BritishArmy have an exercise ongoing with flares.. Countless 999 calls now... #WordsFail
— RDO Garry (@DCP_RDO) September 20, 2016
The area is often used for live fire training by the armed forces and they had previously notified that night and day exercises would take place in Okehampton and Merrivale in the district of West Devon.
It is used for light exercises, mostly for Royal Marines and other units based in the southwest.
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