Mysterious lights

12:59pm Monday 6th August 2007

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MYSTERIOUS lights in the night sky have left residents in High Wycombe and Chesham wondering if there just might be life beyond the stars.

A number of strange bright lights have been spotted in south Bucks skies in recent days and it remains a mystery as to just what they might be.

Reports of the weird lights have also been discussed on radio station Mix 107 and radio controller for the station Andy Muir was one of those who spotted the lights last Saturday evening at around 11pm.

Andy said: "I live in Totteridge and from the top of the hill I noticed eight or nine lights over West Wycombe late on Saturday night. They were moving very slowly until they got really dim and disappeared. They weren't moving like anything else I've seen."

Just a few days earlier, last Thursday at around 10.30pm, an unusual sighting also caught the eye of Duncan Lund from Waterside in Chesham who emailed the Star a photo of what he could see.

Duncan said: "I was out in the back garden when I saw two glowing orange lights. I don't know how else to describe them. It could be anything but I think I'm still sceptical, but it is certainly like nothing I have seen before."

Mr Lund also described that the lights were moving across towards the Amersham area at a very slow pace.

However, any ideas that friendly little green men look set to visit Bucks in the near future have been dismissed by Paul Millington, chairman of Wycombe Astronomical Society.

He said:" Something that is described as moving slowly could be a planet which is not uncommon at this time of year and it is likely it could be Jupiter or Mars. Another possibility is that people may have spotted space satellites. It doesn't sound like E.T is on his way for a visit."