AMAZED mums waiting to pick their children up from school on Thursday reckoned they saw some UFOs zooming around in the sky.
Melanie Crowder, 24, of Broadwood Rise, Broadfield, described what she and other mums saw above Broadfield East School, in Vulcan Close, as like three melon-shaped objects which were white with a silvery tint.
She exclaimed: "They were really high i
n the sky, and at first we thought they were balloons, but the way they were moving and zooming about, the only thing they could have been were UFOs.
"It happened at about 2.50pm, and they stayed there for about 15 minutes we told some of the other mums and they couldn't explain what we were seeing either.
"Because it was just before the big storm, we thought they may have electrical balls, but they would not have stayed up there for that long either."
Melanie explained how the experience became more bizarre when she and a friend bought their children novelty plastic eggs from a shop, and inside were toy aliens.
A spokesperson for British Airports Authority, which runs nearby Gatwick, ruled out that the objects were part of any activity at the airport.
She explained: "I have been in touch with the flight evaluation team and they have not been able to shed any light on the objects, and definitely would not have been aircraft flying over at that time."
