UFO's sighted over British Scientology HQ

Three passenger jets had a close encounter with UFOs above Britain's Scientology HQ, it has been revealed.

Their pilots each saw "two flat, silver discs" as they lined up to land at Gatwick Airport, and some flew within 100ft, the Sun reported.

Air traffic control staff then spotted a total of six UFOs on their radar before they suddenly vanished.

The close encounter above the Church of Scientology HQ in East Grinstead, West Sussex, on December 30 last year lasted a full seven minutes.

Oddly it emerged a day later that Scientologists, famously followed by Tom Cruise, carved a message to aliens in hills in New Mexico, US.

Former MoD UFO investigator Nick Pope called the UK sightings "spectacular," adding that the evidence is first rate.

He said that the witnesses are experienced pilots and there is radar evidence to back up their stories.

A probe by UK Airprox Board, which examines near misses, failed to find an explanation.

Airprox classified the encounter as level D - meaning it is unexplained.