A SIGHTING of strange lights in the sky prompted a hunt for an unidentified flying object on Monday night.
But instead of a flying saucer, it was a military aeroplane being refuelled by an aircraft tanker over the North Sea, off Whitby, North Yorkshire.
The Coastguard was called at 11.04pm by a man on West Cliff, reporting strange orange and white lights over the harbour.
A Coastguard team viewed the refuelling through high-powered binoculars.
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