Where are Mulder and Scully when you need them?
A Ryanair flight that left Dublin bound for Liverpool was forced to abandon its landing after a UFO was spotted in the sky.
According to the Liverpool Echo, the pilot of the Boeing 737 plane was told to perform a go-around after an unidentified object was spotted in the sky above the River Mersey while the plane was approximately two miles from John Lennon Airport in Liverpool.
After circling the area for a short time afterwards, the plane landed safely shortly before 11pm.
Passengers were told that it was suspected that the object in question was a drone, although nothing was found in routine checks carried out afterwards.
Commenting on the sighting, an airport spokesperson told the Liverpool Echo: “At the top of the control tower we do visual checks, looking around the airfield, and even at night time the guys are still there.
“They thought they saw something about a mile out from the airfield, on the mid to far side of the Mersey.
“There was an aircraft on approach which was further away, but standard procedure is to check it out if we’re not sure what it is.
“They sent somebody down there but they couldn’t see anything.
“It can be things like a flock of birds, but we always play safe in these situations and will investigate.”
A Ryanair spokesperson added: “The crew of this flight from Dublin to Liverpool performed a ‘go-around’ upon the instructions of Air Traffic Control at Liverpool Airport. The aircraft then landed normally, and on time.”
