A veteran pilot says he has spotted unidentified flying objects (UFOs) on six or seven occasions over the past four years, including flashing lights over Brussels, Belgium.
Steve Frazer, 48, a pilot of 27 years, first saw the mysterious lights in 2022. Since then, he has noticed the same flashing lights on multiple occasions, including last month. Initially, he thought the glowing orbs might be military aircraft refuelling, but he says other pilots in the Netherlands have also seen them. One fellow pilot even radioed to ask about military activity.
Pilot's account
Frazer, from Sandbach, Cheshire, described the sightings: 'I saw these lights when I was working and another colleague saw the lights coming back from Lithuania. We saw them in the same space and roughly the same direction but it was ever so strange.'
He was flying towards the light for some time but could never quite catch up to the floating lights. 'In the little video you see the lights coming up from the ground and I seem to recall it was Brussels coming into view back towards the UK – it's always north-westerly heading,' he added.
Frazer compared footage of the UFO to satellites such as Starlink, Elon Musk's constellation of satellites that provides internet connection.
Experts weigh in
Metro showed Frazer's footage to two UFOlogists, people who investigate unidentified flying objects. Both said it's hard to ignore Frazer's claims, given his nearly three decades of experience.
'When someone with that background says an object does not match anything he has seen before – satellites, Starlink, military refuelling, or normal traffic – the report deserves to be logged properly,' said Mark Christopher Lee, a filmmaker and alien hunter.
Still, there could be a more down-to-Earth explanation. Given Belgium is a member of Nato, a Western mutual-defence alliance, the lights could be powerful drones being tested in secret. 'That remains the most straightforward explanation for many high-quality, recurring sightings of this type,' Lee said.
Public interest and reporting
Gary Heseltine, the editor of UFO Truth Magazine, said he doesn't blame Frazer for filming the 'baffling lights'. 'Many UAPs are similar to the objects seen in these clips,' Heseltine said, using a term for what UFOs are often called by government officials: unidentified anomalous phenomena. 'They remain an enigma worthy of serious scientific research.'
Nearly one in three Brits believe that aliens have already visited Earth, according to a YouGov poll, while 7% say they have seen a UFO. The pollster said it shows that feeling the truth is out there has become less of a fringe belief in recent years.
Lee said that the UK lacks a centralised way of reporting UFO sightings. Many police forces no longer track them, and a Ministry of Defence 'UFO hotline' was closed in the 2000s. It's why the producer has long called on the government to reinstate it.
Heseltine praised Frazer for going public. 'What is to be applauded is the fact that the pilot is willing to go public about the incident. This is to be encouraged.'
