Reported UFO sightings are at their highest level for years - with authorities now hearing about four mysterious objects in Britain's skies every week.

 

So far this year 150 apparent 'flying saucers' have been reported to police, military bases and the Ministry of Defence, compared to just 135 for the whole of 2007, and 97 the year before.

 

The figures, released after a request under the Freedom of Information Act, suggest that 2008 will be a bumper year for alien activity.

 

Malcolm Robinson, founder of the research group Strange Phenomena Investigations said: "Something really bizarre is happening in the skies over the UK.

"I've been dealing in sightings for 30 years and we currently have something very real which mankind cannot explain."

 

A spokesman for the MoD said as long as sightings presented no threat to British airspace, they were not investigated further. The MoD remained 'open-minded' about aliens, he added.

 

Earlier this summer, recent sightings were plotted on a map of Britain. They stretched from Liverpool to Dover and from Llanelli to Derby.

Among mysterious flying objects spotted in recent months was a 'glowing' disc spotted above the M5 motorway.

 

Royal Navy aircraft engineer Michael Madden said he watched the UFO for three minutes before it 'zoomed off' near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.

Earlier, in Basingstoke, witnesses claimed to have seen a fleet of 12 orange objects in the night sky for half an hour.

 

And in St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan a police helicopter crew gave chase to another UFO after it appeared to veer at speed towards their aircraft.

 

One UFO spotter however was left red-faced after his report of a mysterious flying saucer in South Wales turned out to be nothing more other-worldly than the moon.

 

Source: Sunday Telegraph

 

Have you, or someone you know ever seen a UFO? Or is it just a load of hot air balloons. :lol:

Edited August 10, 200816 yr by brian91

I don't believe in UFO'S as I've never seen one, although I do believe in ghosts lol !

Have you, or someone you know ever seen a UFO? Or is it just a load of hot air balloons. :lol:

 

Not sure about UFO's (or ghosts for that matter). I mean, I've never seen Australia but I believe its there!

 

Norma

a load of old hot air balloons :lol:

 

No proof whatsoever of any alien existence yet, not that I rule it out of course, but it takes more than a few balloons, planes landing at Gatwick, and candles attached to balloons.

 

You never know there could be other intelligent life......but I think if there are they are probably simalar to us galaxys away on a planet simalar to ours and probably don't even know we exist same as we don't know they exist.

You never know there could be other intelligent life......

 

Do you mean by that, that life on earth is intelligent?

 

Norma

 

Why do people always have to relate UFOs with life outside of the planet???? UFOs are nothing but Unidentified Flying Objetc... You saw an object flying and you don´t know what it is. People see that everyday. I myself have seen 2 times. I could have thought they were aliens, but most likely its a normal object that I couldn´t identify. But maybe the increase in UFO´s appearences have something to do with the increase in drugs use?

Why do people always have to relate UFOs with life outside of the planet???? UFOs are nothing but Unidentified Flying Objetc... You saw an object flying and you don´t know what it is. People see that everyday. I myself have seen 2 times. I could have thought they were aliens, but most likely its a normal object that I couldn´t identify. But maybe the increase in UFO´s appearences have something to do with the increase in drugs use?

 

GOOD GRIEF! ... i actually TOTALLY agree with you on this! :lol:

 

ufo's - uf schmo's , what a load of utter bullcrap.

 

if ufo's only seem to appear under the cover of darkness ie at night, then why tf do they put LIGHTS on?... :lol:

 

i have no doubt that there is abundant life in space, there are billions and trillions of stars all capeable of supporting planets with life on. but as for them comming here... nonsense! i mean, the nearest star is 4 light years away, many that we see in the night sky are much much further... some of the light we see started out on its journey here before the earth even existed! so alien craft must be capeable of going at speeds far far faster then light... which is impossible, as it would distort time which is contrary to the laws of physics.

Do you mean by that, that life on earth is intelligent?

 

Norma

 

No I meant that it's very possible that Galaxy's away from Earth there are other living beings that have simalar Intelligence that we do.

 

I mean space is extremly vast and we really know very little of what's outside our galaxy, if anything. I think it's silly to say that there is absolutly no chance of there being intelligent life besides us when we don't really know a whole lot about different Galaxys and what's beyond Pluto.

 

 

Not only do these sightings happen at night, quite a few people who report them, have had a couple to drink often too :lol:

 

I love one example, of someone reporting a strange red and green changing light outside of their bedroom window - it was a traffic light -_-

I've seen one! No jokes :angry:

 

It was the huge orange light above me while me and a friend were walking down this dark country road, which has no lights. It was this intense orange glow :o

someone reporting a strange red and green changing light outside of their bedroom window - it was a traffic light -_-

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Norma

 

I love one example, of someone reporting a strange red and green changing light outside of their bedroom window - it was a traffic light -_-

 

:rofl:

 

My personal favourite is the guy who rang up 999 reporting a strange object in the sky. Which turned out to be the Moon.