QUOTE (Iommi @ Dec 30 2009, 10:07 AM)
Well a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said yesterday (Tuesday): "We have no knowledge of any incident."
Right, so we all imagined it?
Well that proves there was something, when those lying bar stewards deny anything.
Yes I live North of Chieveley t/wards Welford and went outside when it happened as thought someone's roof had caved in.
Definitely finger of suspicion is aimed at USAF Welford, because that's who run it not RAF; their FOI may be more revealing than our MOD is.
Worryingly some time ago the MOD decided to stop protecting this high security/risk location with armed MOD Police, and subcontracted to unarmed civilian force.
I recall USAF Greenham had both MOD Police and heavily armed & visible Rambo equipped American service personnel; Richard Benyon challenged this quite rightly but they didn't reverse the change.
This base & what it contains needs to be better managed inside perhaps, and definitely better protected.
Besides the obvious current threat the Guardian reader league like to protest/invade from time to time;
however, as I recall Welford is now one of the many "protected zones" where demos not permitted;
most are unknown/secret apparently eg near House of Commons.