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UFOs have allegedly been spotted 23 times in just over a year in Greater Manchester.

Why aliens are interested in our region, we don’t know.

But according to the Mutual UFO Network (Mufon) - ‘the world’s oldest and largest UFO phenomenon investigative body’ - 23 incidents have been logged in Greater Manchester since January last year.

They range from a sighting of five metallic objects flying in triangle formation, to a ‘red-green ball flying diagonally at great speed’ - and a large square object which flew over the witness’ roof.

Allegedly.

The figures were revealed after the M.E.N. published footage of a mysterious UFO spotted ‘hovering’ in the skies above Tameside.

Footage shows an unusual flying craft streaming through the air above Ashton-under-Lyne.

Another video showed another mysterious object spotted above Manchester Airport, with unusual white lines streaming through the air.

While the Mufon logs may not provide conclusive proof of extraterrestrial intelligence targeting, the descriptions are certainly intriguing.

Among those documented include an encounter which apparently left the witness physically and emotionally scarred.

It took place in Manchester on February 9.

The witness said: “I was about to go to sleep and I looked out of my window.

“When I first [saw] the object I instantly knew what it was.

“The object made very rapid movements and went in every direction at speeds no other aircraft can go.”

The witness said they later saw an alien’s face while they were on their bed. When they woke up the next morning, they said, they had a strange scar on their back.

Spooky.

See some photos submitted by reporters of possible sightings

A slightly less traumatic sighting took place on January 10, also in Manchester.

A witness had been taking pictures of geese at a lake and only later noticed strange shapes on their photo.

They added: “I was amazed. Heard of people sighting UFOs, never thought it would happen to me.”

On August 12, another witness saw two objects in the sky above Bolton, saying they seemed to be rotating.

The picture they took might be most charitably described as inconclusive.

Another sighting - this time in Stockport - took place on March 20.

The person who recorded it said: “It was the exact minute of the eclipse.

“I noticed a strange light that looked like a cylinder whirlwind-type shape that really stood out in the bright sky. After maybe 30 seconds it vanished at such speed I couldn’t tell which direction it went.”

See a UFO reportedly spotted hovering over Strangeways prison

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See all the reports submitted to the database over the past year