Dozens of people attending a Fylde coast conference were left amazed after spotting what appeared to be a UFO hovering in the distance.
The unidenfied flying object was seen by around 80 people from the Probe International Conference held at St Annes YMCA on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses said the object, at first thought to be a balloon, hovered in the same spot for around an hour before disappearing.
Chris Turner, 38, from Bolton, was at the event as a filmmaker.
He said: “I was going to film one of the speakers and do some filming outside, when low and behold we saw a group of people looking in the sky.
“All of a sudden lots of people came rushing out of the conference to see what it was.
“The object was in the distance over the coastline, maybe even out to sea.
“It was very small and appeared to just stay in the same spot. People thought it was a balloon, but when it kept staying where it was, we realised it could be something different.”
Mr Turner said the object remained in the sky for an hour, before disappearing when clouds arrived.