IS this picture proof that aliens flew over Rossendale?

The picture was taken by Colin Trippier, of Rawtenstall, after he spotted lights flying over his house.

The sighting is just one of a series of UFO reports from Rossendale, which started when Peter Green spotted nine lights flying in a diamond formation.

Roy Harrison, of Burnley, said: “I was out walking my dog in Towneley Park when, from Bacup, came five bright lights towards Burnley. They were following each other. One appeared first, then the others followed one by one.”

But Anne Walmsley, of Rawtenstall, said she had a rational explanation.

She said: “I saw the orange lights over the Valley over Christmas and new year.

"We looked at them with binoculars and they were Chinese lanterns."