IS it a visit from ET? Or is the Giant Lottery Finger deeming "It could be you" ?

These were the questions hundreds of people were asking last night as a powerful light raked the sky over Burnley.

Burnley police received several calls from worried residents.

But the cause of their concern was easily explained. Burnley's latest nightspot, the VIP Club in Brown Street, was pulling a publicity stunt by scouring the sky with an aeroplane searchlight.

E.T go home...

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