A UFO, given the description of a flying saucer, has been spotted in Lancashire.

Remarkably, it is the 44th occasion that a UFO has been found in the Bacup and Rossendale area since 1977 - the highest number of sightings recorded in the country.

The area is now probably better known to its residents as 'UFO Valley'.

Aron Sacks yesterday took a photo of a weird looking flying saucer object looking down on a very gloomy day for the village.

He told The Sun newspaper how it hovered around the skies for around a minute and then silently zoomed off out of sight soon afterwards.

Aron said: "It was amazing - certainly not a normal aircraft. I grabbed my phone, took one photo - then when I looked back it had gone.

"There was no sound, nothing. It's very haunting to think I've seen a UFO."

Ironically, Aron's dad Mike had previously spotted THREE strange objects up in the sky near their home in the village of Stackstead.

Mike said: "The first in 1978 looked like the one Aron saw. It was oval, about 600ft up and doing 80mph. I thought 'Blimey, what the blooming heck is that?'

"Four others also spotted it and cops investigated. This is UFO Valley. Aliens might be looking for water or materials in the stone quarries."