New UFO sighting figures revealed as mysterious green lights spotted above Leicester

Nearly 400 unexplained encounters were documented across the UK throughout 2023, new data has revealed. The latest figures have emerged following reports of 'mysterious' green lights spotted above Leicester last month (October).

The North West recorded the highest number of regional sightings with 41 reports, while Greater Manchester topped all counties with 54 documented encounters. Nearly half of all documented sightings included photo or video evidence, according to the latest figures.

The revelations come as Shepshed resident Frazer McAllistair, 38, reported seeing unusual green lights moving silently across the Leicester night sky. The incident happened at around 9.20pm on Saturday, November 2, as Bonfire Night and Diwali celebrations were taking place across the city.

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Recent UK sightings include a "long cigar-shaped craft" observed for 20 minutes above Chester before vanishing "like a light being switched off", and a 40-foot wide "round saucer-like object" reportedly hovering over a house in Bedworth, Warwickshire. Nearly half of all documented sightings include photo or video evidence.

A quarter of all UK sightings involved "star-like" objects moving across the sky, with orbs (17 per cent) and spheres (10 per cent) also commonly reported. Across the Atlantic, research by UFO spotter website Enigma has documented over 200,000 unexplained encounters above American skies.

You can see what UFO encounters have been reported where you live using our interactive map.

Following his sighting, Mr McAllistair delved into reports of similar aerial phenomena, uncovering what he described as 'surprising discoveries' about unexplained encounters worldwide. "I'm certain almost that there must be intelligent life out there," he said, "though whether it would come all the way to Leicester to watch Diwali fireworks on a Saturday night, I'm not sure."

"I remain pretty open-minded but sceptical," Mr McAllistair said, reflecting on his experience. "If it was hovering all over Leicester and five or six people had sent in pictures, then I'd be off the hook and not feeling so weird."

At a recent Congressional hearing titled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth," former NASA administrator Michael Gold testified that while "the vast majority of UAP are drones", some observed objects "can move faster" than US submarines and "are being intelligently controlled". Former Defence official Luis Elizondo was more direct, stating: "Let me be clear. UAP are real."

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence said: “We ceased to investigate reports of UFO or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in 2009, and there is no change to that.” The MoD said it stopped investigating reports of UFO activity because none of the reports over 50 years had “indicated the existence of any military threat to the United Kingdom”.

Commenting on the possibility of extraterrestrial life on Twitter, Professor Cox said: “It would be great if true - it would take a bit of the pressure off our civilisation if we weren’t the only means within the Milky Way by which the Universe understands itself. ”

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