FILM of a bright, mystery object over Torquay harbourside on Tuesday night was recorded as the internet across the world went into panic mode about UFOs.
Herald Express reader Mike Collins and his wife Erich were walking around the harbour towards the Pavilion Marina car park at just after 5pm when they spotted the strange, eliptical shape hovering.
They watched the light for about 10 minutes before Mike realised he should film it.
Later Mike discovered from his daughter that his film was one of thousands across the world being shared on social media, starting on Sunday night with the Twitter hashtag #ufoattacktoturkey which became the number one trending subject.
"I went to bed really spooked," Mike said. "People may laugh but I know what I saw.
Although he says the zoomed-in video is shaky, he is clear that it was not a helicopter, Chinese lantern or light aircraft.
"My only regret is that I didn't film it sooner. It was much brighter to start with and we kept walking towards it but it didn't move. I saw a light aircraft with red lights fly under and that was much, much smaller. By the time I got to the Marina car park and decided to film it the lights were much much dimmer."
Mike said: "We had been Christmas shopping and were walking from Debenhams to Marine Car Park.
"We were just coming up to The Offshore Pub at around 5.10 to 5.15pm.
"My wife and I spotted this very, very bright light that just stayed stationary - although my video is a little shaky where I zoomed in -but I know what I saw wasn't an helicopter (totally no noise) and certainly not a Chinese Lantern (was stationary).
"It seemed brighter to start with and seemed elliptical shape!
"One of my Daughters then sent me a link on Facebook about multiple UFO sightings in Turkey on 28 November which I found a little worrying!.
"I wonder how many other people saw it. One of my friends on Facebook said he saw something but thought it must have been a helicopter."
It happened the day after social media all over the world went into panic mode with similar videos of lights being spotted over Turkey on November 27. The sightings were feared to be either an invasionary force or a fleet of UFOs.
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Hundreds of people shared pictures and videos and soon the news was followed by similar sightings in Denver and Texas, and then in Canada and Mexico and the Twitter hashtag "#ufoattacktoturkey" quickly became the number one global trending topic.
A video posted by UFO hunters secureteam10 was seen hundreds of thousands of times.
One user, Eren Dogan uploaded a video of the UFO sighting that was followed by a loud bang.
Another YouTube user, 1 Mn görüntülenme, uploaded a video and wrote: "Alright, I'm trying to zoom in to show you now. It is November 28, 2016, Sunday night. It's around 2:20 a.m. right now. The object you're seeing is in the skies of Esenler (Istanbul). I'm recording it right now. Many people like me have crowded here. We've informed the authorities and they've told us they're dealing with the situation. It is a yellow object. We suspect it's a UFO. It gives off a light and is in motion. Right now it's stationary actually but it moves position every few minutes. Very interesting."
One Tweeter commented: "So many photos being posted! Very compelling stuff!"
A second wrote: "Objects are seen in all cities of Turkey, UFO invasion in Turkey!"
Another added: "What is this? Is it really UFO? I am so afraid. I hope this is a joke."
While the strange lights were not given any official confirmation, many people suggested that the lights might be drones.
