A sketch of the black shape seen by Jane Bowen

UFOs appear to have paid another visit to Shropshire with fresh sightings of a large v-shaped craft with flashing lights seen over the county at the weekend.

The first UFO was spotted over the Sutton Farm area of Shrewsbury on Saturday night before later being seen on Sunday near Oswestry in a separate incident.

Phil Hoyle, from the UFO Investigation and Research Unit, said he had been contacted by a Shrewsbury woman who said she had seen the object in the sky above her home in Sutton Farm.

Mr Hoyle said: “At 11.20pm on Saturday night she saw a flashing light outside her house.

“She went out to investigate and above her house was a very large v-shaped object with four lights down each side of it.

“There were eight massive lights in total.

“It hovered over the area and then a helicopter came along after it had gone and looked like it was searching for it.”

Mr Hoyle said they had received a number of reports up to 15 minutes after the initial sighting around the area and near Oswestry. A strange light was also seen hovering above the skies in the north of the county.

Witnesses said they saw a red pulsating glow in the sky at about 9.30pm on Sunday night.

Phil Facey, of Llanrhaedr, said motorists stopped to view the “pulsating red light” which could be seen for about five minutes before heading off in the direction of Ellesmere.