It's an age-old debate - 'do aliens exist?' - and this latest 'sighting' above East Lancashire has caused a bit of a stir.
Baxenden resident Carole Bulcock and her husband Derek took these photos at around 8:30pm on April 19.
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She said: "We were in our bungalow in Baxenden looking towards St Johns Church.
"It was bright red with a long red trail. After a few minutes it changed course from a vertical descent towards the right and gradually got further and further away."
Did you spot anything strange in the sky that evening?
We may have a bit of a boring explanation though...
Tomorrow we'll start night flying from our site in Warton, #Lancashire as part testing on pilot helmet technology. pic.twitter.com/hJQvXiakML
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