A mysterious sight was spotted in the skies above Burns' birthplace on Saturday night.

An Alloway reader tells us she saw 11 orange-coloured lights in a clear starry sky.

She was so intrigued by what she saw from inside her house, that she went outside to confirm her eyes weren't deceiving her.

Our reader tells us: "It was about 10pm on Saturday, April 4 and the lights moved slowly from the west until they disappeared about three minutes later.

"They were almost the same distance apart, and I would say about helicopter height, but silent.

"It's a real mystery to me, and I just wonder if anyone else saw these lights."