Pointless News Story of the Week

I'm sure it was important to somebody that records be kept of sightings of strange objects in the sky and indeed todays story in the Irish Times reports that such a dossier was kept by the Defence Forces until 1984. So too it must have seemed important to someone in the Times to give up time and money to request this dossier under the Freedom of Information Act. Damp squib comes to mind when looking at the eventual details which emerged!