STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT SKY?

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From:Doug Roberts
Title:STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT SKY?
Source:Wallasey News
Date:Feburary 17, 1996


UFO experts called to Wirral 'mystery'

Special investigation by Cheryl Wright

UFO experts have just carried out an invetigation into strange lights above the

sky at Clatterbridge. The investigation - carried out by the British UFO

Research Association - was set up after three people in the same car all

reported a "close encounter" with an unidentified flying object in the skies

above Wirral. Since time began there have been documented cases of strange

objects in the sky. Even in the Bible ufologists claim that there is a

reference to a UFO. For many, the existence of UFOs is confined to the realms

of science fiction. But for researchers and enthusiasts - UFOs are very real.

These people make up the 1,000 members of Britain's largest UFO organisation,

BUFORA. The British UFO Research Association thoroughly investigates every

reported sighting in the country. BUFORA's local representative Tony Eccles,

investigates sightings in the North West, the most recent being the one at

Clatterbridge. The sighting was reported by three people travelling in the same

car along the M53 in early October. They reported two bright lights in the sky

as they approached Clatterbridge roundabout, which appeared to hovver and

dance. As the car neared Bromborough, the lights swooped down over it, allowing

a closer look. The occupants reported larger lights surrounded by smaller blue

lights. But this may be a case that demonstrates the need to keep an open mind

about such unexplained phenomena. For after investigation, Tony found that

humid air conditions at the time may be to blame. A possible explanation, he

says, is that the lights could have been refracted from a different source,

possibly a police helicopter.

The article is accompanied by two pictures with the caption: "Somewhere out

there? Reporter Cheryl Wright looks to the skies and, inset, an impression of

what a UFO might look like". The inset picture is actually of a classic "grey"

alien, not a UFO, and looks like it was taken from the cover of Fortean Times

#83.