Paper publishes UFO footage online as it ventures into the world of video

Footage of what some believe to be aliens over Spalding has helped the Lincolnshire Free Press venture into the world of online video publishing.

When a reader called the weekly paper with a tale of bright orange lights behaving strangely in the sky - which she had caught on camera - news staff decided to let readers see for themselves by uploading it to www.spaldingtoday.co.uk.

The footage of the unidentified flying objects, which lasts for just a few seconds, shows a up to ten lights hanging in the air and moving in formation at high speed in silence.

Reader Susan Sells, who caught the action on a video camera, told the Free Press: "They were bright orange spheres and were literally going past the back door.

"It was not frightening – just unbelievable. I saw two go past the house and then there was a formation in the sky."

Editor Nick Woodhead said the lights had been seen by a number of readers who called the paper, some of whom also got footage on mobile phones.

It is the first time that video has been used on www.spaldingtoday.co.uk

Nick said: "This particular lady had it on video camera and so we had the issue of trying to decide what we were going to do with it.

"Video has been mentioned in Johnston Press for a long time, and is the one thing you can't do in a newspaper, so this was a fantastic opportunity."

With the help of colleagues at the Lancashire Evening Post, the paper was able to upload the film to its website and signposted readers to it from the front page of yesterday's issue.

Nick said: "Hopefully people will be able to make up their own minds and decide if it is aliens or whatever."

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