Solihull dad has a close encounter of the UFO kind

Jan 1 2009 by Paul Bradley, Birmingham Mail

AN amateur pilot had an alien encounter when he spotted three pairs of UFOs flying over his Midlands home on Christmas Eve.

Dad-of-two, Andrew Freke, aged 47, was smoking a cigarette in his back garden in Solihull when he spotted a bright orange object flying through the night sky.

Seconds later, five more of the unidentified flying objects zoomed over his roof and hovered in his back garden.

Now, Mr Freke, of Ashbrook Crescent, Solihull, is looking for other people in his neighbourhood who can confirm the sighting and shed some light on the matter.

Mechanical engineer, Mr Freke, who has been amateur pilot for more than 15 years, said: “First of all I thought it was a star but then I saw it moving.

“It was going at about 150 miles per hour and was flying at about 2,000 feet.

“I knew it wasn’t a plane or a helicopter and that’s when I got a bit excited and shouted for my wife and kids who were indoors.

“There were three pairs of these things flying around for about 15 seconds.

“I have no idea what they were - it’s very weird.”

Mr Freke, who has never seen a UFO before, said the flying lights were completely silent.