Stargazers have reported a series of inexplicable objects in the night sky over the Tamworth area.

On Wednesday one resident noticed a silver ball of light above Hopwas, accompanied by rumbling noises.

Another resident, from the Stoneydelph area of the town, saw a blinding circle of lights.

Joyce Smith, president of Tamworth Civic Society, was another of the eye-witnesses.

She reported being woken in the early hours of the morning by a loud humming sound.

Mrs Smith assumed it was a helicopter but opened her curtains to see a saucer of white light, surrounded by a blue halo.

The Sunday Mercury recently revealed that the Ministry of Defence regarded the Midlands as a UFO hotspot.