A MYSTERIOUS object hovering in the night sky has been captured on video by a Horwich UFO enthusiast.

It is the second time in just over a week that the object has been spotted in the same place. But on Sunday night, Phil Catterall, founder of Horwich UFO Research Group, was there to record it.

"It was a white pulsating light with green and red pulsating lights underneath and it hovered in the same place for about an hour," said Phil of Chorley New Road.

"It wasn't a star and was definitely not an aircraft at that height," he added.

Both the previous sighting and the latest one was seen from Chorley. Last week Mr Phil Topping was walking his dog at about midnight at Crosse Hall Lane, Chorley, when he saw the strange white light in the night sky. He too described it as pulsating with green and red lights beneath. He said the object appeared to be above the Darwen area.

Mr Topping, a member of Chorley Paranormal Society, called the police who contacted Manchester Airport and were told that they had no aircraft in the vicinity at the time.

Phil contacted Mr Topping after reading a newspaper story about the sighting.

"On Sunday at about 11.45pm he rang up and said 'it's here again'. I grabbed my binoculars and camcorder and met up with him and another man who had a video camera as well. "It was very weird. I have been interested in UFOs for years but never seen one. It was very exciting, I cannot say it was definitely a flying saucer but it was something extraordinary," said Phil.

"We watched it for about an hour and filmed it on our cameras."

Now Phil is to send a copy of his tape to Mr Joe Dormer of The New UFOlogist.

Phil's group is holding its monthly sky watch on Saturday and members will be converging on the Chorley area to see if the object re-appears.

Tonight a BBC1 programme will feature two pilots who claimed to have seen a strange object as they prepared to land at Manchester Airport on January 6, 1995. Their story will be featured in 'Out of This World' at 9.30pm.

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