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Just as Harvard scientists weigh in on that massive thingamajig that zipped past the sun last year — the flat, elongated ‘Oumuamua’ was possibly a probe sent to Earth by “an alien civilization,” they said — British pilots flying home from Montreal have reported other UFOs off the coast of Ireland.

This time, the unidentified objects were bright lights, heading north, at “Mach 2” speed, they told air-traffic controllers.

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But they might also have been extra-terrestrial vehicles, says Don Donderi, a retired McGill professor who has studied UFOs since 1965.

It wouldn’t be the first sighting, Donderi said. Some pilots have seen them up close.

“There are cases going back 50 years of pilots seeing what we call nocturnal lights,” Donderi said. “They provide some evidence that some of what people see in the sky and call UFOs are extra-terrestrial vehicles.”

In this most recent case, two sets of pilots, from British Airways and Virgin Airlines, both flying over the Atlantic last Friday, reported the sightings to air-traffic control, inquiring about any military exercises in the area.