British man admits U.S. military hacking

LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- A London man has admitted hacking into the U.S. military computer system to prove the existence of UFOs and point out security loopholes, his lawyer said.

Gary McKinnon, 39, was fighting extradition from Britain to face claims he illegally accessed 97 U.S. government computers and caused $645,000 in damage during a year of hacking.

Attorney Karen Todner said McKinnon's main aim was to prove that UFOs exist.

"His motivation was firstly in relation to that, and secondly in relation to exposing the lack of security in relation to the American system," Todner told Sky News.

"He doesn't deny that he did infiltrate their computer system," Todner said.