A shining beam blasts earthwards from what looks like a hovering UFO, in another astounding sighting. A clip handed to The Sun shows the white dot hanging motionless in the air before a shot of white light emits from the orb, hitting the earth. Just a few seconds later a red beam comes firing from the object before the silent orb disappears.

Zoe Salthouse, 20, captured this incredible footage a couple of weeks ago while sitting in a friend's back garden.

The student nurse from New Moston, Manchester, was sitting with friends in nearby Alcrington when she saw the light.

She said: "I got out my mobile phone straight away and started filming. It was eery and strange - but then the light came out we were all shocked.

"Everything was pitch black apart from the dot.

"When the light beams came out it seemed to just shoot down to the ground and disappear.

"I don't know what it was, but it didn't look man-made.

"I am a pretty level headed girl, but what I saw defies explaining."

It is the latest in a string of astonishing sightings up and down the country.

On Tuesday (Nov 4) Shellie Willams, 20, and her mum Betty, 53, filmed what they thought was a UFO shooting a beam of light at the ground in the skies over Bristol.