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When police in Coventry get phone calls from people saying they’re not alone it usually means the caller is being burgled.

But on four occasions between 2011 and 2013 people genuinely believed they had spotted an extra-terrestrial - or were being abducted.

The bizarre statistics were released by police as part of a series of quirky freedom of information act requests.

They showed that out of 23 reports of alien activity in the West Midlands four came from Coventry.

Of those 23 calls 14 reported an alien sighting, four people said they could hear aliens, three said they were being abducted or feared the threat of abduction and two callers said aliens were invading.

Advice was given in three cases and one report was submitted.

No further action was taken on five occasions.

The people of Coventry are no strangers to the bizarre - with numerous unexplained incidents being reported over the last few years.

In February last year residents complained of a loud droning noise “like Independence Day” in the skies above the city, while numerous UFO sightings have been made over the last few years.