A British based ufologist says he has solved the mystery of the Manchester Airport UFO, while admitting he was previously wrong.
At the end of November, footage and images purported to have been taken at the airfield in June showed what many believed to have been unexplained aerial phenomenon (UAP). Social media channels Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) went into meltdown with wild speculation about what the ‘car sized’ spherical object might have been.
At one point the UAP was allegedly snapped just hovering above the tarmac on the runway, in the midst of a number of aircraft. Even we at the Daily Star came up with five suggestions as to what viewers were witnessing.
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Expert Mark Christopher Lee weighed into the debate, suggesting that it was definitely a UFO.
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Lee has been investigating recent “drone” sightings at military bases in the UK, and was convinced this was yet another example of that.
However, he has now backtracked from any potential links to alien visitors, and come up with a much more down to earth theory.
He admitted: “I have previously investigated this case and thought it was linked to the orbs and drones that people are seeing around the world (US and UK especially) but after analysing various photos and videos posted I’m pretty confident that what we are actually seeing in Blue Chinese Lantern that has gone astray.
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There is a substantial Chinese population in Manchester and it even has it’s own China Town so there may have been some celebration or event taking place in June that led to a large Blue Lantern being released.
Chinese Lanterns have caused a lot of previous UFO sightings in the past and I think this is the case again. I was initially drawn to the account told by UFO researcher Timothy Good about a similar type orb being captured in Australia but I now think that the Chinese Lantern is the most logical culprit.
He continued: “However, I do think that there is still a substantial mystery of what people are seeing in the US and the UK around military bases. These are still UFOs as are unidentified and they may turn out to be extra terrestrial scouting drones if they are not Chinese spy drones.
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“Indeed Republican Senator Tim Burchett who has been pushing for UFO disclosure in the US has suggested that the Chinese government has been recruiting hobbyists to test out drones to see how the US and UK military will react.
“What I do think is that the US and UK governments will want to see a lid on this dues to the embarrassment of not knowing what is invading their airspace.”
Lee says his new film Rendelshan – The British Rowell – set to be released in January, looks into the cover up in the UK.
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