Space: The final 'frankfurter'?

People in Telford were rubbing their eyes in disbelief after spotting what appeared to be a giant sausage floating in the sky above the town.

The strange banger-like object, which may have looked something like our picture - or not - was seen by people in Hadley, Dothill and Arleston.

Rachel Preston, from The Grove, Hadley, said she thought it was an airship at first but soon realised it was something different.

"I was sitting in the garden with my kids and we were watching it for a long time," she said. When the sun caught it, the object shone a bright silver, like aluminium. It kept pivoting in a big circle then it would go vertical. It was very strange."

Phil Davies, from Dothill, also said he saw something that looked like "a big black sausage."

He spotted it "floating in the sky" yesterday afternoon.

"As it was turning, it was black then white," said the 38-year-old.

"I don't know if it was the way the sun was catching it. I phoned my parents in Arleston and they could see it.

"I haven't got a clue what it was, it was a big sausage-like thing. It definitely wasn't a parachute.

"It wasn't very windy and I couldn't hear any engines. It was too big to be a balloon, far too big."