'UFO above Stoke-on-Trent' caught on camera

A star-gazer believes he has captured a 'UFO' in the night sky above Stoke-on-Trent. The Stokie was searching for the Northern Lights from his Meir home when he says he came across the strange object in the sky.

It comes as 16 UFO sightings were reported across North Staffordshire in 2021 and 2022. There have been hundreds of similar reports across the UK over the same period.

The star-gazer said: "I was taking pictures to see if we could see the aura from the Northern Lights. When I checked the picture there was what I could only say is a UFO. When I looked into the sky I could see what I pictured flash and disappear. We took pictures afterwards and couldn’t see anything in them. I was a bit shocked of what I had caught and was trying to figure out what else it could have been but had no other explanation."

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