UPDATED: UFO - "There is something there, I know it."
Monday, 1.25pm - A UFO spotter is certain alien crafts are in the skies above Grantham- and fears they have sinister plans.
Monday, 1.25pm - A UFO spotter is certain alien crafts are in the skies above Grantham- and fears they have sinister plans.Allan Spick, 69, of Great Gonerby, has seen five UFO's in the past five years from the window of his home in Belvoir Gardens.
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He said: "They always come at the same time, 12.10am and they have three, pure white lights and a flashing red one in the corner.
"They come from the north and they head south, parallel with the A1.
"Perhaps they are looking for airfields in a straight line. We have got a lot of airfields around here."
Mr Spick's first sighting was featured in the Journal in 2004, when he spotted a craft from another world. He was able to provide a detailed colour drawing of the spaceship for others to look out for.
He has also been featured in UFO Magazine, where he spoke about 'The Great Gonerby UFO'.
Mr Spick pours scorn on theories trying to explain away what he has seen.
He has contacted RAF Cranwell twice with his sightings and was told they had no record of aircraft in the air at the time.
He said: "If it was an aircraft it would have fallen out of the sky because it was moving so slowly and it can't have been a helicopter because it would have made a noise.
"And I know it is not the space shuttle because I can see that in another part of the sky.
"There is something there, I know it. I don't care what anybody tells me, I am not a crank."
Mr Spick spots the UFO's from his bedroom window.
He said: "It is usually my wife who sees them first because I sleep with my back to the window.
"I have set a ladder up onto the flat roof of my house so I can quickly get a picture next time and send it into the Journal."
Mr Spick's UFO drawing brought memories 'flooding in' for a Vietnam vet.
Steven W. Piel Snr. of California recalled his own sighting aboard an aircraft carrier on a foggy night in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, in 1973.
At 2am he saw a red light piercing the fog. He has no other memories until an hour later- along with the rest of the crew of the ship.
He said: "It appeared that the whole ship went to sleep about the same time! Spooky!
"Struggling to remember, I began inquiring from others about that night, and was immediately censured by the CO of my squadron, I never spoke about it again, but after seeing the drawing by Mr. Spick, the memories began flooding in.
"I drew a similar picture just days after the incident. One red pulsing light and 3 white lights off to the side."
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