An eagle-eyed believer yesterday told of a strange sighting of UFOs flying high in the sky above Paisley.

The 45-year-old Buddie was mystified when he spotted what appeared to be two unidentified flying objects as they soared over the town on Saturday night.

He was standing at the back door of his home in the Brodie Park area when he saw two orange-coloured shapes glowing in the sky.

The stargazer, who has asked not to be named, told the Paisley Daily Express: "At first, I thought they were fireworks but they just kept on coming towards Brodie Park, in the direction of Neilston Road.

"I was thinking that they might be shooting stars but they were in the sky for a good three or four minutes.

"They definitely weren't lights from an aircraft. We get quite a lot of helicopter traffic round here because the RAH is nearby, so I know what they look like. These lights were just different. It was weird."

The man said the objects, which he saw at around 10.45pm on Saturday, finally vanished from the sky without trace.

Yesterday, Strathclyde Police said they had received no reports of UFOs over Paisley on Saturday night.

However, this sighting is just one of many that have been made in the Paisley area over the past year.

During that time, there have been reports of separate UFO sightings in Elderslie and Renfrew.

And, in February, the Express told how a top UFO-spotting website detailed a sighting in Barrhead.

Brian Vike, a leading UFO expert, told the Express that such sightings are becoming more common in the Renfrewshire area.

And he urged Buddies to be on the alert amid suggestions that aliens could be keeping an eye on Paisley.

Brian, director of the HBCC UFO Research organisation, added: "In Renfrewshire, there are sightings being reported but, for each case, there may be many more UFO sightings not being reported for many reasons."

Almost 300 incidents involving UFOs were reported to the Ministry of Defence last year.

That represents a massive increase compared to the 2007 total of just 135 sightings.

The reports included a mystery craft with green, red and white lights that was spotted hovering opposite the Houses of Parliament for abouthalf an hour on February 12, last year.