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I sprinted down from the cold and exposed hillside and then tripped and stue The holiday season was alun to subside There seemed to have been more tourists than ever this year but now only a deter invasion force remained

I ran down the main promenade and followed the cobbled street which ran parallel with the curve of the shingle beach There was a long and irregular line of shuffling figures gathered along the arc of the grey sea wall They were all stood with their backs toout over the ocean and out towards the dark horizon Fa, for once, to the normally insular and reticent locals It was obvious that they&039;d all seen the saht that I&039;d just witnessed No-one could have h I was only there for a few breathless seconds, I could sense a peculiar unease and uncertainty hanging in the air The locals, the tourists and myself were united in the fact that none of us had a bloody clue what had just happened

The heavy black clouds had slanced up the hill towards hoht was shining out fro in the , I could see Robert&039;s silhouette He too was staring out towards the horizon hoping to catch sight of the aweso (whatever it was) that had silently flown by a couple of minutes earlier

I took another deep breath of daed air and followed the road round the hairpin bend and then up towards the cottage The final hill usually hurt more than any other part ofabout what I&039;d seen that I didn&039;t even notice the pain

&039;Fucking hell, Toh the front door &039;Did you see it?&039; For a few seconds I couldn&039;t breathe, let alone speak I sed, slowly liftedto clear et a drink

&039;I saw it,&039; I asp between breaths

&039;And?&039; he pressed, obviously keen for ling to force enough oxygen intoout Now that I&039;d finished the effort and pace of the finalto hit home

&039;I don&039;t know,&039; Rob continued, oblivious to , &039;what do you think it was? Where the hell did it coed my sweat-soaked shoulders and peeled off ainst the nearest unit for support, kicked off my muddy trainers and looked up at my brother and shookit difficult to talk He walked away and I slowly followed hi room

&039;I can&039;t believe it,&039; he babbled excitedly, &039;Iabout so and now it has More than that, it&039;s happened here! Christ, the most important event in the history of bloody history itself and we&039;re s in the middle of it!&039;

I really did want to match Rob&039;s obvious enthusiasm and excitement but at that moment in time it was ih y to even try and answer any of the, but my body was most definitely still weak

&039;I was in the kitchen when I heard the jets,&039; he continued regardless &039;I heard the on I thought we&039;d gone to war or soht over the village! It &039;

Robert didn&039;t stop talking but I stopped listening I walked across to the wide bayon the far side of the room and, dressed only in my shorts and muddy socks, I looked out towards the horizon and then down onto the busy village below The streets which had been relatively eures and there was still a decent sized crowd gathered by the sea wall The stor out to sea and as the heavy clouds began to creep away the low light of the afternoon gradually began to improve

&039;So as it?&039; I asked, inadvertently cutting acrosshis earlier question I hadn&039;t actuallyout loud

&039;For Christ&039;s sake,&039; Rob sighed, &039;what do you think it was?&039;

&039;I think it was a spaceship,&039; I muttered, unable to think of a ht I (or anyone else) had ever witnessed &039;But it can&039;t have been That&039;s ridiculous&039;

&039;Why is it?&039;

&039;What?&039;

&039;Why is that ridiculous?&039;

&039;A spaceship?! Co people out into space for decades, haven&039;t we? If we can do it then&039;

&039;Yes, but&039;

&039;But nothing Just accept it, Tom, this afternoon ere visited by bloody aliens!&039;

Regardless of what I knew I&039;d seen, the reality was too incredible to believe

&039;Aliens? Fucking hell, there&039;s no way that&039;

&039;So as it then?&039;

&039;I don&039;t know It could have been a prototype for a new type of plane or an airship or so like that?&039;

&039;Bollocks,&039; he snapped