The last thing Dave Perkins expected to see as he locked up at work was a UFO. But he has no other explanation for the mysterious red lights he spotted above Longhope.

Dave, who works at Richard Read's truck yard, described his close encounter.

"I was outside in the yard at about 11pm," he said. "I often look up at the stars and that moment I saw this bright red light moving slowly across the sky.

"Then a second, third and fourth light appeared and they were all equally spaced. It was as if someone put a ruler up between the stars."

As he stood and stared Dave saw the lights continue to move across the sky, without making any sound.

He said: "It took about five minutes and once they got into the distance one went out as if it had gone behind a cloud.

"But it was a cloudless night, it was really weird."

Dave, who lives in Steam Mills, says the lights weren't from a plane as there was no noise.

"I have no idea what it could be," he said. "Aliens? I just don't know.

"It couldn't have been a plane or balloons. It was far too high, also you wouldn't get four balloons going across in a totally straight line."