Wild theories about Stonehenge have been around since the Middle Ages.
One of the most bizarre explanations for its existence is that it is a spacecraft landing pad for an ancient alien species.
A black disc visited the Wiltshire monument, according to UFO Sightings Blog, hovering briefly over the stones. UFO expert David Clarke said of the recent sighting, ‘Totally unconvincing. Probably a bird’
A huge ‘flying saucer’ UFO visited the Wiltshire monument, according to UFO Sightings Blog, hovering for a short time over the stones before disappearing.
The site said, the UFO is black in colour and disc shaped,’ and described it as ‘medium’ size at around 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 metres) across.
Stonehenge appears to be a favourite site for strange sightings by UFO hunters. One of the moment famous sightings (pictured) came out in recently declassified government documents described as ‘Britain’s X-Files’.
The files from 2007 to 2009 reveal several of bizarre reports of encounters with extraterrestrials.
Along with a UFO in Stonehenge, they include a man who claimed he lived with an alien and spaceship sightings near the Houses of Parliament.
The first description of a UFO was from a sighting made in US in 1947, although Met Office reports a quarter of a century earlier had included data on unexplained phenomena.
In 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill took the issue so seriously that he ordered reports of sightings to be kept secret to avoid public panic.
UFO expert David Clarke said of the recent sighting, ‘Totally unconvincing. Probably a bird.’
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles west of Amesbury and 8 miles north of Salisbury