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Mystery is surrounding an unidentified flying object that has been spotted "hovering" over east Hull.

A man reported seeing an aeroplane-like aircraft in the Preston Road area of the city on Monday, raising questions over what exactly it was and what it was doing in our neck of the woods.

The object had "a short body, no nose or tail and huge wings" according to the man who spotted it.

He also reported it being "completely still and silent" before it flew off - too quickly for him to get a video.

The man claims he spotted the mysterious object at around 4.30pm, just hours after RAF Typhoons were scrambled in response to an "unidentified aircraft".

Sky News reported on Monday afternoon that the fighter jets, armed with air-to-air missiles, conducted a "quick reaction alert" mission.

They were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth and the Ministry of Defence later confirmed that no further action was taken.

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Discussing the mystery aircraft, the man posted a description of what he saw on Facebook.

He said: "Anyone else see that Aircraft hovering over Hull? Around 4.30pm today, what looked like an airplane with a short body, no nose or tail and huge wings.

"Was completely still and silent in the air over Preston road, by the time we could pull over to video it, it was flying away at some speed."

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