UFOs
head for our bright lights VISITORS
from another world or Blackpool Airport travellers – the truth is out there! Mystery
surrounds the appearance of strange lights in the sky over St Annes – while
a group of alien enthusiasts were channeling energy in an attempt to contact beings
from another world. It's
the latest in a string of mysterious incidents which have seen Lancashire –
and the Fylde in particular – earmarked as one of the UK's UFO hot spots. Stephen
Morris, 44, claims he spotted a UFO hovering silently in the sky on Monday evening
at 10:45pm. Mr
Morris spied the grey, triangular object heading towards the sea above houses
in St.Alban's Road, St.Annes. He
said: "I noticed an object low in the sky, partially obscured by a street
light. It was lit underneath with red, green and white lights and I saw what I
thought were windows. I
was totally gobsmacked and nearly crashed my car." The
trio were leaving the community centre in St Alban's Road after hearing a speech
from David Boyle, who runs Blackpool's Dr Who exhibition. Mr
Boyle, 59, believes he can shed some light on the strange goings on. In
his talk he was "channeling", which he claims can put him in touch with
higher beings. It was while he was doing this that he said he felt a presence
outside. He said:
"I felt energy gathering around us and there outside was this UFO. It was
confirmation about what we were talking about." Waiting Mr
Morris said he had been waiting all of his life to see something like this. He
added: "I pointed it out to my partner and our friend, we all saw it and
we had not been drinking either!" The
man behind Britain's answer to the X Files, Nick Pope, is convinced of Lancashire's
status as a UFO hot spot. He
said: "People who want to go UFO spotting could do a lot worse." Many
UFO sightings have more earthly explanation – a recent report of alien visitors
in The Crescent, St Annes, turned out to be railway staff wearing flourescent
jackets. And there
is also an alternative theory for the sighting at St Alban's Road – the area
is in the flight-path of some planes landing and taking off at Blackpool airport. A
spokesman for the airport said: "There was a flight due from Palma at that
time." THEY'RE
among us – not (necessarily)little green men, but those who can boast their
own close encounter. -
In 1996 tongues were wagging in Warton when strange lights were seen darting through
the sky around the village. North Lancashire UFO group pointed the finger at BAE,
claiming the aerospace giant was using technology from a crashed spacecraft to
develop a top secret warplane. 'Not us' said bosses at the firm – and the
mystery continues to this day. -
In 1997, callers to a radio phone-in claimed to have seen a huge object with lights
underneath in the skies off South Shore. Tim Matthews of the Lancashire UFO Society
planned towrite to his MP demanding an immediate investigation. -
In 2000, dog walker George Holt was shocked to see a fireball screech across the
sky from Blackpool Tower towards Over Wyre and Garstang. From the safety of his
vantage point in Singleton he recalled: "I thought I'd seen everything but
this was like nothing else. I thought I was seeing things!"
Although disappointingly
it was more likely to be a piece of space junk rather than visitors from another
world. - Further
north, Fleetwood (pictured above) was in the top 20 places in Britain for alien
abduction. In 2003, UFO sceptic Alan Joliffe reported seeing seven cigar shaped
objects in the north-western sky. A year later, Keith Millington and Tony Sessions
were 'astonished' to see strange lights flash over Fleetwood Golf Course. Sightings
have dried up since then – perhaps the aliens had found what they were looking
for....
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