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A MYSTERY red and orange object spotted floating in the night sky above Muswell Hill has triggered the latest in a string of UFO reports.

So frequently have they been experi-enced in the area that it has won the spooky nickname of Roswell Hill - a reference to Roswell, New Mexico, where it is claimed a UFO crashed in 1947.

The latest strange sighting is described on UK UFO website by a man giving his name as David Swan on Wednesday, July 28.

He said: "I was sitting watching TV when I saw a red/orange light appear above the trees but [it] was moving to the right, I got up and watched it move from due north to east at about the same speed as a light aircraft, but the funny thing is that there was no noise at all, it looked like a flickering flame of some kind.

"It most certainly was not a Chinese lantern unless you can get them with some kind of propulsion system. If so, I want one."

The Journal has received five reports of unidentified flying objects in the sky above or near Muswell Hill in the last two years and three describe red or orange objects that bear marked similarities to the latest sighting.

In May 2009 a cube-shaped "ship" with orange lights was seen moving across the sky from Ellington Road in Muswell

In January that year a bright orange ball the size of a helicopter was seen speeding through the air from King's Avenue, Muswell Hill, and in July 2008 six bright red UFOs were seen flying in a cross shape formation from Rokesly Avenue, Crouch End.

The latest spacecraft spotter has caused a stir on micro-blogging site Twitter, where one poster said: "UFO sighting in the Hill! Surely not? Wonder which bus they took to get here."

Have you seen a UFO in the Muswell Hill area? Call the Journal newsdesk on 020 7433 6209 or e-mail

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