IRLAM has been a UFO hotspot for many years, and Urmston is not far behind the door when it comes to alen activity.

Only recently, on September 12, a well respected Urmston businessman walking along Moorside Road, Urmston, with his wife and a party of friends late at night, noticed a huge spherical UFO coming from the direction of Mile End, Flixton.

The businessman said: "As this bizarre craft moved erratically over Trafford general Hospital, it looked like the sky was on fire. It was so bright you could read a newspaper, it was wingless and made no noise,.

"Quivering with excitement rather than fear, I still managed to take a snapshot of the UFO before it vanished at terrific speed in a near vertical climb.

"I'm not a believer in these things, but after witnessing this UFO,I'd even believe that pigs can fly."

Harry Wild,

Conway Road, Davyhulme