Media and mainstream science agencies may tell us that UFOs or aliens do not exist, and we are all alone in the universe. However, at times the people at large encounter such activities which make them believe that UFOs are real, and we are not alone in the universe.  One such incident has occurred in the island nation of Sri Lanka.

According to a report published in Emirates 24/7, people in Sri Lanka have been traumatized by large scale UFO sightings.  The report gives us an idea of what the people in the country have been going through. It states,

“Residents in several parts of Sri Lanka are counting their stars after being dazzled by lights emanating from unidentified objects flying in the sky.”

The report also mentions the reaction of the Sri Lankan Air Force to these sightings.

“The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) moved to allay fears that aliens from outer space were hovering in the country's air space. SLAF media spokesperson Wing Commander Shiras Jalaldeen said that no unidentified airborne craft had been picked up on radar as yet, The Island reported.”

Mr. Jalaldeen went on to say that these claims of UFO sightings cannot be confirmed.

“In the wake of unconfirmed claims that Unidentified Flying Objects being slighted by people in several parts of the country, Jalaldeen said there was no clear evidence to confirm such rumours.”

However, a local TV channel called Newsfirst has shown video reports and images of these sightings. The channel claimed that those unidentified lights were first witnessed in the skies above Hambegamuwa in Thanamalwila in the Eastern province of the country, at around 8.30 PM on the 10^th of December, 2012.

Several witnesses across the country have recorded such sightings of their mobile phones, and have also posted these videos on YouTube and other video sharing sites.

Shiras Jalaldeen, the media spokesperson of SLAF, tells us how these reports are only rumours and says,

“An astronomer and a professor in astronomy at the Colombo University, Chandana Jayaratne had reportedly dismissed such claims by pointing out that those lights seen by the people had emanated from Mars as a result of it orbiting closer to the earth.”

Regardless of what the Sri Lankan Air Force says, the people do not seem to buy these official explanations. They are quite frightened by these sightings and are not sure about the actual nature of these lights.