
© LDPEOrange ball-shaped UFO seen over Merseyside around 10.30pm on Sunday May 25 2009 In Liverpool
They claimed to have seen glowing orange lights moving slowly across the sky between 10.30pm and 11pm on Sunday evening.
Sightings were reported from Southport to South Liverpool, and at spots including Ainsdale, Garston and Mossley Hill.
All had seen up to four glowing, orange-red balls hovering in the sky some time between 10.30pm and 11pm.
An air traffic control source said similar lights had been witnessed previously in the north west - but had failed to appear on radar.
Jackie Hardaker, of Mossley Hill, said: "They were like red balls, they looked like fire and when planes went past they just dimmed.