This is a weird darkness bonus bite, real news of unreal events.

A baffled senior citizen who loved stargazing was left speechless after claiming to have

seen a UFO hovering above his house.

Ian Gibbons from Cone said he saw a UFO emerge from what he described as a portal when

geasing out his patio window a few weeks ago at about 6.30 pm.

Mr Gibbons, 72, described it as just like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it disappeared

before he could react.

He said on a good night, Mars and Venus can usually be seen from where I live.

We've got great views out over the countryside, and on this particular night, the sky was

clear, and Venus had just appeared.

I'm not into stargazing in a big way, I just like to look out the window and admire

the sky, so I went to the patio and had a look out and all of a sudden this UFO came out

of a portal.

It was red and orange and circular.

I grabbed my binoculars and got a good view of it while it hovered for a few seconds,

but in the wink of a knife it shot up into the sky and then sped off towards Skipton.

Mr Gibbons said he'd never seen anything like it before in his life, and he hasn't seen

anything similar since.

I do believe someone over in Bartleswick saw it as well, it was on February 22nd.

It definitely wasn't a plane or someone shining a light.

I had a fantastic view of it, it was like something out of a sci-fi movie.