The Martians are coming to Manchester: Why UFO spotting is 'common' among Mancunians
UFO sightings in Manchester are ‘commonplace’, according to a leading spaceship spotter’s website.
www.uk-ufo.co.uk has reported multiple sightings in Salford, Stretford, Newton Heath, Fallowfield and Worsley so far this year.
Manchester has a pedigree for attracting UFOs, the most famous example being in 1995 when a huge ‘spacecraft’ was spotted above Manchester airport.
Earlier this year Manchester man Derek Brown, 27, was spared jail after shining a laser pen at a police helicopter while, he claimed, hunting for UFOs.
Evidently, there are some who think that is life out there, and Manchester is the place to see it.
SOMETHING IN THE SKY: A sighting in Eccles, July 2005
The Ministry of Defence department which investigated UFO sightings was closed after 60 years in 2009 after officials concluded: “No UFO report has revealed any evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom.”
Since then the job of watching the nation’s skies has been left to enthusiasts across the country.
UFO spotters should think carefully before declaring a sighting as a number of different phenomena can be to blame.
Planes, helicopters and more recently the popularity of Chinese lanterns can all explain strange lights in the sky.
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MM tries to figure out what attracts the extra-terrestrials to Manchester... Weather – Unlike humans, a number of extraterrestrial species need a wet, cool atmosphere. A great number of reptile-like aliens (probably – we’re completely guessing here) need constantly moist skin to even survive and Manchester’s notoriously awful weather provides the perfect climate. Food – You may think you have a developed palette, but in comparison to most alien species you’re probably nowhere close. However with Manchester’s huge array of quality restaurants from around the world, the city is the perfect place for aliens to tickle their taste buds. After travelling 327 million light years to get here, they’ll be knackered and are not going to want to go trekking about for variety when they can have it all here. Advertisement Language – Space experts have long speculated that the mancunian accent bears a remarkable similarity to a number of alien dialects. Perhaps extraterrestrials find the similarity of tone in Manchester appealing? Nightlife/music – It’s a well known fact that Manchester is the only city in the world that comes close to offering the kind of nightlife available on other planets. Many alien species are famous for their party lifestyle (do you not remember the funky nightclubs in Total Recall?) and given half the chance would love to dance the night away in the Northern Quarter. But if they want anything like the three breasted lady from Total Recall, they might find what they’re looking for in the Printworks… Ian Brown’s tambourine – The incessant shaking of Brown’s tambourine has been like a sonar across the galaxies and a number of alien races have been on twenty-five year space race to reach it first. For them, it is equivalent to human explorers’ search for Atlantis or El Dorado, however in this case those who find it leave bitterly disappointed as Brown only grunts and glares at them menacingly. Location – Maybe it’s Manchester’s location, right in the middle of the British Isles, that attracts tourists from beyond the stars. From Manchester it is just a short space trip to just about anywhere in the UK, be it mountain climbing in the Scottish highlands or surfing in Cornwall – they haven’t come all this way for the hotel room, however nice the Malmaison is. Or maybe their satellite beams are attracted to the reflections off Karl Pilkington’s head… |
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: A triangle 'formation' filmed over Manchester in 2009
UNIDENTIFIED: A 'sighting' in Stretford, October 2008
i seen three orange blobs
i seen three orange blobs years ago all in a line ,traveling slow,with no sound,everyone was like,its a plane,but no cant explain it
Spotted something last night
Spotted something last night from my window in Clayton,Manchester it appeared to rise up in the sky then stayed motionless,it was bright red i dont think it was a lantern or helicopter as it just stayed motionless for at least a minute or 2 i rushed up stairs to see if i could get a better view and it had gone? very strange.
20th April 2012 10pm
20th April 2012 10pm unbelievale ufo sighting witnessed by mum & son in Worsley Roe green area!!! triangular formation of three lights central light really large glowing reds greens and whites(NOT plane) static for around half an hour in the same place . the top right hand light had a lot of movement around it and moved very slowly further away we were watching through a strong gun telescope still shaking from it ! genuine not hoax
02.12.11 On my way home going
02.12.11 On my way home going towards Levenshulme at approximately 4.30pm saw two lights in the sky flying in formation. The seemed orange in colour (the light) and where flying fast. I didn't know if the police have two helicopters or not but thought I had witnessed a UFO sighting.
ufo's
I live in manchester in fallowfield .This month alone i have seen 4 different ufo's flying very low just over the houses.All of them completely silent and showing some flight capabilities that a plane or helicopter would'nt attempt.For instance lights coming from different directions and passing each other very closely. Or 2 lights flying very low in formation about 50 feet above the houses making no noise what so ever . i have lived round here most of my life and have seen at least 30 strange things in the sky .If you spend enough time looking you will see something in fallowfield for sure.
The truth...
...is out there
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