In a close encounter with the future of transportation, a police helicopter almost hit what its crew insists was an alien spacecraft. And then they chased it. Seriously.

At least, that's what Britain's Telegraph newspaper reports.

According to the story, a three-member police team was on its way back to a defense base near Cardiff, Wales, when the pilot spotted a "flying saucer-shaped" vehicle hurtling toward them from below. The helicopter swerved sharply to avoid getting nailed, and then gave chase, making it as far as the British Bristol Channelbefore running low on gas and turning back.

The South Wales police admit that the report is legit. "We can confirm the Air Support Unit sighted an unusual aircraft," a spokesperson said.

"This was reported to the relevant authorities for their investigation."

The story comes just weeks after the British Defense Ministry released 30 years of "official reports" involving UFO sightings. Among them: a helicopter crew that tracked two unidentified flying objects on their radar for over 40 miles, and a 1984 incident where three experienced air traffic controllers tried to "talk in" a UFO that landed on one of their runways. The Ministry will release another 150 UFO-related files over the next four years.

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UFOData Magazine* has filed a freedom of information request with the British government in order to learn more about the Cardiff incident, and has asked its readers to anonymously report any information they might have about the sighting.

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