Is Huddersfield really a UFO hot spot?

Nov 17 2005 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Jon Lockwood, of Holme Moss, and his pal spotted some UFOs in the sky on Monday.

Jon said: "A friend and I saw two orange lights stationary for several minutes either side of the mast, too low to be stars.

"About an hour later we saw a brighter light in the sky again too low to be a star and it just disappeared in front of our eyes."

Around the Christmas period in 2003 several sightings of UFOs were reported in the Huddersfield skies.

Dawn Crossley even managed to capture some grainy footage on her camcorder but the MOD have not included these on the list which suggested there was some rational explanation.

Experienced star gazer Marcus Armitage is sceptical. The secretary of Huddersfield Astronomical Society said neither he or any of the 50 members had ever seen anything that could not be easily explained.

"Often these sightings are large meteors or, as they are better known, fire balls," he said.

"In 20 years of looking up at the sky I have never seen a UFO. I am very sceptical that these sightings were aliens or spaceships."