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\"Pursuit:<\/a>
Pursuit: The family claim they saw a helicopter chasing the UFOs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A family claim their barbecue was interrupted by four UFOs ‘zooming across the sky’ – quickly followed by a Ministry of Defence helicopter.<\/p>\n

Andrea Finney, from Bolton, Lancashire, was enjoying a pleasant outdoor family meal with her husband Nigel and their son when the mysterious event left them spooked.<\/p>\n

The 48-year-old, who works in property management, told Mirror Online: “There were four of them, and they zoomed across the sky.<\/p>\n

“You just had to be there to see it, it was the strangest thing I have ever seen in my life.<\/p>\n

“They zoomed off after we spotted them, and the craziest thing was that they were then followed by a Ministry of Defence helicopter.<\/p>\n

“I was just gobsmacked.”<\/p>\n

Upon seeing the UFOs, she alerted her husband Nigel to get a camera.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old delivery driver said: “I took photos as quick as I could.<\/p>\n

“We just could not explain it. They were not hot air baloons. They were not Chinese laterns. They were just something else.<\/p>\n

“Our camera does not have a good zoom on it or anything – it is\u00a0just a normal camera, so we took what we could but afterwards we just could not explain it.<\/p>\n

“It’s a mystery.”<\/p>\n

\"Mystery:<\/a>
Mystery: The family could not explain what they had just seen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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