Branson: London 'UFO' stunt prompted army and police mobilization
Sir Richard Branson · Sir Richard Branson: The secret to big leaps · Jun 24, 2021 · at 22:19
Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson describes one of his famous public relations stunts involving flying a fake UFO over London.
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“We built a UFO, as you do. We drifted across London, and all the radio stations were lit up about the UFO. The police had scrambled two police forces. They'd scrambled the army.”
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