An Age of Magic

He said that the object then exploded into five white objects which became visible in the sky. They were brightly coloured changing from elliptical to round as if they were moving at very high speed. ‘Suddenly one of the objects sent a concentrated beam at the feet of the terrified men. ‘Was this a warning? An attempt to communicate? A weapon? Then just as suddenly as it appeared, it disappeared,’ he said.

The entire incident was categorised as a British affair because it had happened off base, Mr Halt said. ‘I have no idea what we saw that night but I do know it was under intelligent control. My theory is that it was from another dimension or extra-terrestrial,’ he said. The Rendlesham Forest incident, often described as “Britain’s Roswell” was used as one example of evidence aliens had targeted nuclear weapons.

Children who had Nintendo’s new 3D handheld console on their Christmas list will be left disappointed after the firm confirmed that it will not go on sale on time. The Japanese gaming giant’s shares tumbled today after it confirmed its new 3DS handheld console will not be released in time for the festive season. The company said it had hoped to launch the Nintendo 3DS, which creates a 3D effect without the need for glasses, by the end of the year but has not produced enough units.

The 3DS will go on sale in the UK, the rest of Europe and the U.S. in March, missing the pre-Christmas shopping rush. It will be released in its home country in February. Its shares plunged by 9.2 percent in Tokyo trading after the announcement. Nintendo had promised the 3DS for sometime before April next year, and so the announcement is not technically a delay. But its profit forecasts had assumed the machine would on be on sale sooner.

Nintendo said that the strong yen, which reduces profits from overseas sales when brought back to Japan, and the timing of the 3DS launch were behind its decision to lower projections for this year. Nintendo expects to sell 23.5 million DS machines by March, including 4 million 3DS, down from its earlier forecast for 30 million. It sold 27 million DS machines the previous year.