Irish defence forces eyed UFOs for years

Ireland's defence forces maintained a dossier on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) for 37 years, according to details released September 20, under the country's freedom of information laws. The documents dating back to 1947 that were released to the Irish Times newspaper log a range of strange sightings. Descriptions of UFOs that were reported range from being like fried eggs to a household iron with fins at the back, according to the newspaper. An early entry in the file from a shopkeeper and farmer in County Kerry in the southwest of the country in 1947 says he told police he saw a circular object moving "faster than a motor car" through the sky. "It was flat and was like a big wheel or large plate... the rim was white and it was hollow in the centre."