UFOs spotted hovering over town

Jamie Smith from London Road saw more than 60 glowing orbs hovering above the town on Saturday night.

He said it was like something out of Space Invaders.

His dad told him to go into the garden where he saw at least 60 red lights above the house, all in close formation.

He said: 'There was no way they were planes or anything like that.

'Then they moved off and just two remained.

'Eventually they went as well.'

Stephanie Gibb and Ryan Jackson, also from Uckfield, saw the lights.

Stephanie said they were 'creepy but also brilliant'.

Ryan said he did not know what they were and saw more and more flying over into Uckfield.'

Official records show similar sightings above Uckfield five years ago.

An object with red and green flashing lights was witnessed by several people in May 2002.

And a special Ministry of Defence report updated on July 30 this year shows at least 52 UFOs were reported flying over Sussex between 1998 and 2006.

At the time a spokekswoman said: 'The MoD examines reports solely to establish whether UK airspace may have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised military activity.

'Sighting reports are examined with the help of the department's air defence experts.

In August last year a witness saw two objects - one changing shape and the other red and star-shaped - hovering over Polegate.

Other sightings include seven red and white flashing lights moving erratically over Peacehaven in August last year; a large object seen by a pilot - the size of an eagle shaped like three circles joined together - over Hellingly on July 13, 2001; a green and conical object and another large and round object shadowing Hailsham in September 2001 and five circular objects bobbing over Lewes in April 1999.

They were described as extremely bright, green, red and white and moving north.

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