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UFO spotter: We aren't alone
A dad says "there is something out there" after claiming he has footage of a UFO above his home.
Paul Simpson, 28, captured this unidentified flying object on his camcorder after spotting the unusual-looking sphere in the skies above his house.
He was left astonished after witnessing the black object, which had an orange glow, in the sky above Eden Hill, in Peterlee.
Paul was in his garden at about 9pm, when he spotted the UFO hovering hundreds of feet in the sky.
He said it was stationary for a few seconds, but "flew" off to another point in the sky and stayed there for a few seconds before vanishing.
Paul said: "There must be other lifeforms out there – if we are living people, I think somewhere in the universe there must be other living organisms.
"I'm convinced it's a UFO, but why it chose Peterlee I don't know."
Maintenance worker Paul, whose wife Michelle works in the canteen at TRW Automotive in Peterlee, described the moment he spotted the UFO.
He said: "I was having a smoke near the back door and just looking up at the sky.
"One minute there was nothing there at all and then all of a sudden this thing appeared.
"I thought 'what on earth's that?' It wasn't a plane as you couldn't hear the engines or see a trail behind it and it wasn't a hot air balloon.
"Nothing can stop and start and go off in a different direction like that.
"I just found it strange. I've never seen anything like that before."
Paul, who is dad to Ryan, 12, and two-year-old Jasmine, ran inside to get his camcorder to capture the sight.
Paul, of Fairbairn Road, Peterlee, said: "I showed my wife and she didn't know what it was either."
Paul and his family set off on holiday to Flamingoland the next day. But when he returned a week later, he was discussing the object with a neighbour, who said he had also seen it.
Paul also looked on the Internet and other people in Peterlee said they had also witnessed the weird sight.
He said; "I have read up on UFOs and watched documentaries on the subject but wouldn't say I have a real interest in the subject.
"The only reason I grabbed my camcorder is because we had it out to take on holiday. But when I saw that, I was quite amazed I had seen something.
"When I have read about it, there have been a few sightings in the area
over the years."
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