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© Supplied to MailOnlineThe 'concerned citizen' shared her encounter with two unidentified flying objects (UFOs) from her back garden in Stockport in early October, 2023
The two objects were seen over separate nights in the first week of October

Bizarre aerial objects are usually considered an American phenomena, but new imagery shows two over the north of England.

A 'concerned citizen', who wishes not to be named, has described sightings of the unidentified flying objects (UFOs) from her back garden in Stockport.

The first, described as looking like a square or triangle, had a hazy appearance and was changing shape and 'darting around the sky'. Meanwhile, the second object - a much brighter white in colour and 'shaped like a Tic Tac' - kept vanishing and reappearing.

One of the most famous and unusual UFOs to date, spotted by the US Navy in 2004, was the floaty white oblong similar to the breath mint.

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© MailOnlineBizarre aerial objects are usually considered an American phenomena, but new imagery shows two over the north of England
'The triangular one was so strange, it looked like it was made of metal with a dark hole in the centre,' the citizen told MailOnline.

'The Tic Tac one was cool too, it kept getting brighter then disappearing and coming back.'

The two 'questionable' objects, which were sighted by the resident over separate nights in the first week of October, left her feeling 'concerned'.

Nick Pope, a UFO expert formerly with the UK's Ministry of Defence, said the images and the story behind them are 'fascinating' but couldn't identify the aerial entities.

'It's not possible to discern much about this sighting from the photos alone,' Pope told MailOnline.

'Any mention of a Tic Tac-shaped object performing unusual manoeuvres is particularly intriguing given the US Navy sightings of such objects.'

Another British UFO researcher, Philip Mantle, said they could be 'conventional' objects such as drones or something else fairly explainable.
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© Supplied to MailOnlineComposite of the bizarre objects which were seen on separate nights in the first week of October
'One thing that is cropping up a lot of late are lights from the ground, usually an outdoor attraction of some kind,' he told MailOnline.

'These huge spot lights reflect off the low cloud.

'They look different when viewed from different angles and can look very spectacular.

'I've looked at lots of alleged UFO photos down the years and most turn out to be something conventional.

'I see no reason why these photos should not be something conventional but they are such poor quality.'

According to the Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Committee, the matter falls under the remit of UK Space Command, who MailOnline has contacted for comment.

UFO stands for 'unidentified flying object' and so the term doesn't necessarily describe an object with an extraterrestrial origin.

A recent Pentagon document revealed the typical UFO has a round shape, usually described as spherical or an orb, with a white or silver colour, often translucent.

Based on what we know from reported sightings between 1996 and 2023, other UFO shapes include rectangle, oval, triangle, disk, cylinder, square and even polygon.

Meanwhile, 16 per cent have been described as having lights, although in many cases this may have been due to their reflective qualities.
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© AARO/US Dept of DefenseThe map discloses where the most sightings have been recorded based on reports between 1996 and 2023 - naming Japan and the coasts of the US as particular hotspots
The Pentagon has also released a hotspot map that reveals the location of reported UFO sightings, including Japan and the Middle East.