I must be missing my home town of Wickford as I seem to find myself googling the old place quite a bit at the moment. Lucky I did as there was a UFO spotted there:
It's a shame that the publishing of photographic proof of the UFO's existence will have to wait until the spotter in question can find their camera phone USB lead. So what was flying in that thing? Archbishop Chrysostomos has the answers:
Click title to see pictures. I genuinely had no idea they were being taken. Very weird. Now I know how Gary Glitter feels. If they had waited a few weeks I was in that exact same spot talking to Sir Paul McCartney, which I'm sure would've made a better shot. Thankfully I am unfamous enough for no papers to actually buy and print these.
My favourite news item in a very long time. "Anything, but funny" - I don't think so. Didn't something similar happen to Principle Skinner in an episode of The Simpsons? Thanks to GLinner for twittering this to my attention.