That's the question puzzling a family in Thornhill and two friends in Batley after they all saw strange lights in the sky this week.

Twins James and Jonathon Maguire, 17, of Thornhill Edge, watched unusual lights in the sky on Sunday evening until they disappeared over the horizon.

The next night, the lights returned and Jonathon ran to tell his sceptical stepdad David Butcher.

Mr Butcher, 40, said: "We rushed out and just over the houses above our street you could see these lights. We were out there till 10 o'clock."

He said there was one very bright light in the sky towards the Emley Moor TV tower and a row of smaller, coloured lights. He even managed to capture them on his digital camera.

Mr Butcher said: "I thought it was an aircraft at first but it was just literally sat there and wasn't making a noise at all.

And he said it couldn't have been a laser display as it was like nothing he had ever seen.

He said: "I've lived up here since I was born and I've never seen anything like it. I'm very sceptical but not after what I saw.

"I actually think they're UFOs because they make no noise, no nothing. They're just big lights in the sky."

Meanwhile, strange hovering lights have also been seen in the Batley skies.

Mick Jones, 48, of Dark Lane, contacted the Reporter after he and friend Mark Hinchcliffe saw something strange hovering over his garage roof on Saturday night.

He said: "Me and my mate were sat there watching television and we saw a bright light hovering above my garage.

"There were three of them together, hovering in a triangular shape. They were really bright orange - but shiny orange and really circular.

"They were there for a couple of minutes and we were just looking out of the window at them. Then they started getting closer.

"They were there, just above us but making no noise. It was a scary experience. I could have touched them if I had got on my roof - they were nearly in my house.

"Then they just disappeared. It was unbelievable. My neighbour saw it as well."

They are the latest in a series of spooky sightings in the Dewsbury area in recent months.

In July, Lorraine Senior reported seeing lights in a triangular formation hovering in the sky near the Woodkirk Valley Country Club.

And two weeks ago, Steve Johnson, of Ravens Avenue, wrote to the Reporter after his mother saw a stationary, white light above the house which then shot off at high speed.