The Welsh are a funny old lot. Spending their time either down mines, or chorally singing in chapels, they rarely get to see The Sky, and therefore gett somewhat spooked by it's contents.
And with the ever present fear of space monsters abducting their sheep for genetic experimentation (as lamb based sexual experimentation is left to the Welshman), it's no wonder they call the policy when a strange phenonema appear in the heavens.
Take this transcript from a 999 call back in May, from an anxious Welsy who's concerned a UFO is present, but doesn't want to appear foolish:
Police : "South Wales Police. What's your emergency?"
Welshman: "It's not really. I just need to inform you that across the mountains there's a bright, stationary object."
Police : "Right."
Welshman: "If you've got a couple of minutes, perhaps you could find out what it is. It's been there at least half an hour, and it's still there."
Police : "It's been there for half an hour. Right. Is it actually on the mountain, or in the sky?"
Welshman: "It's in the air."
Police : "I will send someone up there now to check it out."
All well and good. The Welshman is a tad concerned about something in the sky. The police have been professional, not laughing at the request but checking if it's not a light on in a building on the mountain. Everyone's happy - but the police didn't just say they'd check it out to humour the caller. Oh, no. They did actually check it out.
And here's the transcript when despatch checked with the car they sent out later on:
Despatch : "Alpha Zulu 20. This object in the sky. Did anyone have a look at it?"
Unit AZ20: "Yes. It's the moon. Over."
There's lovely!
