Strange light
© UnknownAn unnamed Wrexham couple say they saw strange lights similar to those spotted by other residents.
A couple have been left baffled by the identity of a set of strange lights they saw in the sky above their home near Wrexham on Sunday evening.

The man and wife, who do not wish to be named, had just returned to their home in Sontley Road, just outside Wrexham in north east Wales, at about 7.40pm and parked their car on the driveway when they looked up and saw the lights passing overhead.

The man said: "At first there was just one of them. It looked like the underside of a helicopter and was at about the same height you see them travelling. But while helicopters usually make a lot of noise, there was absolutely no sound coming from this object.

"My wife and I got out of the car to get a better look and, as we did, another two of these things - just the same as the first - passed over our home, then two more.

"As they passed overhead some of them just seemed to vanish into thin air but one or two appeared to shoot off at high speed."

The man added: "We couldn't believe what we were seeing, so I called over our neighbour and he saw the last two of these things.

"We tried to think of a logical explanation but there doesn't appear to be one and at the time I'd only had half of shandy!"

His wife said: "I really thought aliens were going to come and get me.

"Watching all this was fascinating and took about three to five minutes. I know our home is under the flightpath for Manchester Airport but this was definitely not a plane we saw.

"These lights were coming from the direction of Rhostyllen and heading towards Marchwiel, and we would love to find out if anyone else saw them at the same time."

According to the Helilog of North Wales Police the lights are unlikely to have been those of the force helicopter which, at the time, was patrolling over the Denbigh area, from where it had travelled from Conwy.

The lights over Sontley are just the latest in a long line of possible UFO sightings over the Wrexham area.

In a similar incident last September, the Evening Leader was inundated with calls after strange, dazzling lights were seen flying slowly through the night sky over Rhos, Johnstown and Borras

Janet Bancroft, 28, and partner Mark Pluke, 24, both witnessed the dazzling lights from their home on Maes-y-Ficerdy, Rhos, after Mark had gone to put the rubbish out.

According to the couple, the lights, spotted at about 7.40pm, formed into a slow-moving triangle before eventually disappearing from view some 20 minutes later.