The English wind farm that had allegedly suffered a UFO attack that led to the destruction of a £1 million wind turbine several weeks ago has now announced that the cause was actually quite terrestrial after all.

Dale Vince, owner of Ecotricity, the wind power facility in question, originally reported that he had seen glowing spheres with octopus-like “tentacles” on the night that the wind turbine was destroyed. This led to speculation that the turbine’s destruction was a result of alien craft.

Now the wind turbine’s manufacturer, Enercon, has done an assessment of the damage and come to the conclusion that it was not caused by low-flying craft, alien or otherwise. Instead, material fatigue is being cited as the cause for the wind turbine losing one of its blades.

“To be honest I’m not surprised. But there was part of me that did hope it was a UFO as it was a lovely story,” Vince said.

Fraser McLachlan of GCube, a wind turbine insurer, had released an immediate statement that downplayed the UFO theory. “You get three or four cases of things like this a year. They are machines and machines are going to break,” he said.

One thing we haven’t seen explained is where the remains of the massive blade went. As we wrote in a previous report on the  UFO wind turbine incident earlier, the massive 20-meter was no where to be found after the incident.

As we reported, a UFO is believed to have struck a giant wind turbine in South Lincolnshire, England. Locals reported seeing lights rushing towards the 290-foot wind generator in the early hours of the morning, while a motorist reported seeing a UFO strike the turbine. Strangely, the missing blade that was torn off by the impact, has yet to be recovered.

A 20-meter blade of a wind turbine in Conisholme, England was torn off after it was reportedly hit by an unidentified flying object. Curiously, the blade has been missing and not been found. Locals reported seeing strange lights roaring towards the 290-foot wind generator at 4 a.m., while a motorist reported that she saw a UFO zoom towards the wind farm and strike the turbine.

Ecotricity, the company who owns the 800-kilowatt generator, has links to over a dozen news stories on its Web site, which displays a turbine next to a cow being beamed up by an alien spacecraft. Managing Director Dale Vince, who was interviewed by the BBC about the incident, said the company is still investigating.

“We have been crawling all over it and have sent bits off for analysis to see if we can work out what caused it,” Vince said on the company’s Web site. “To make one of these blades fall off, or to bend it, takes a lot.”

Community police chiefs are also reportedly investigating.

Other British media are reporting residents saw a “massive ball of light” with “tentacles going right down to the ground” the night before the incident.