Mystery Lights Over The Midlands

David Crabtree, Midlands correspondent

A “spectacular” display of dozens of UFOs has been reported in the skies over the West Midlands.
Eyewitnesses told Sky News that up to 70 bright circular objects could be seen near Halesowen.

Stunned residents watched in disbelief, convinced they were viewing an extra-terrestrial spectacle.

Each object was encircled with lights and had lights in the middle, according to witness Steven Randall who lives in Halesowen with is wife and three children.

He said: “This was incredible and so spectacular. The lights seem to climb into the sky to the north of us, just before 8pm last night.

“A neighbour had shouted for us to come and look. There were so many objects. From a distance they looked like bubbles rising in a fizzy drink.

“Then they came towards us and flew right over the top. Some were so close they were almost touching and were only a hundred feet or so above us. Read more …

Sitting on the Edge of Natural Disaster

They live by an active volcano – but 70 Chaiten residents refuse to leave. Jimmy Langman reports.

The Chaiten volcano in northern Patagonia, Chile, had been dormant for 9,500 years under its obsidian dome before erupting spectacularly and without warning one year ago, spewing ash 20km (12 miles) into the air and forcing the local population to flee.

In February it exploded again with renewed fury, ripping a 1km tear in the south side of the dome and prompting the government to order the indefinite evacuation of the 200 residents who had returned during the previous year. But today, 70 of the residents stubbornly refuse to leave, living day-to-day without running water or electricity and in constant danger of being swallowed up by new volcanic activity. Read more …