UFOs seen above Merseyside may have been connected to a military exercise involving one of the Navy's top warships, HMS Daring. The glowing orange lights seen above Liverpool and Southport may have been countermeasure flares used to test the radar systems of huge anti-missile guns on the ship.
Dozens of people have reported seeing UFOs hovering above Merseyside. They claimed to have seen glowing orange lights moving slowly across the sky between 10.30pm and 11pm on Sunday evening.
Liverpool-born UFO expert John Rimmer said it was a "rule of thumb" that mysterious lights in the sky generally turn out to be floating Chinese lanterns.