Emergency services were bombarded with phone calls from all over the north of the country last night by people who (report)1 .............................. seeing blue objects shoot across the sky. Mrs. Sophia Olsen (drive)2 .............................. along the main road at the time. 'I usually (come)3 ...........................along that bit of the road at about ten. As I (go)4 ...........................past the old barn, I (see)5 ........................... a single bright blue light going across the road in front of my car. I (stop)6 ............................. and (watch)7.............................. it for about fifteen minutes. It (travel)8 ........................... quite slowly from East to West and then it suddenly (disappear)9...............................Until now I never (believe)10 ........................... in UFOs, although my son (forever try)11..............................to persuade me that they (exist)12 ...............................But now I (think)13.............................. that maybe he (be)14 ..............................right.' At the height of the panic, police stations (get)15 ..............................around a thousand calls an hour from the public. Sergeant Donald Trump of the White Trash police department (be)16 ........................particularly busy. 'Between 10 and 11 o'clock we (receive)17 ..............................around thirty calls. The callers said they (see)18 .............................. a single blue light about as big as a car over the village. We now (consider)19 ..............................searching the fields around White Trash for any evidence left behind.' Dr Bart Simpson, a lecturer in astronomy at Trumpton University (offer)20.............................. a simple explanation. 'The reports that (come)21 ..............................in last night (suggest)22 .............................. that it (be)23 ..............................a meteor shower. This (be)24 ..............................not unusual on a small scale, but last night's shower (seem)25 ..............................to have been very large. In fact, we (get)26 .............................. an increasing number of meteor showers, and my department currently (research)27 ..............................possible reasons for this.' However, many witnesses to this events (believe)28 .............................. that they (observe)29 .............................. more than simply a meteor shower, and the Ministry of Defence (say)30 .............................. that they (take)31 ..............................the reports of UFO sighting very seriously.