A UK student claims to have seen a UFO hovering over the sea.

Student photographs UFO

Student photographs UFO

Matthew Evans was looking out of his top-floor flat in Teignmouth, Devon, last week when he noticed a mystery object in the sky and though he was able to quickly take a photo - which shows four lights in a triangular formation - it zoomed off into the distance seconds later.

He said: "I couldn't help but see it.

"My kitchen window gives a great view of the sea so when it came across the horizon.

"It wasn't moving like a plane would. It was moving a lot slower and went up and down for a bit before hovering a good ten seconds.

"It stayed in one spot long enough for me to pull out my phone and get those snaps.

"Then it quickly zoomed off at some speed and I couldn't see it anymore."

The 36-year-old mature student is still not sure what he saw but is confident there was something unusual in the sky.

He said: "The light was really bright. I just didn't know what it could be so I decided to take a picture.

"I'm not quite losing my marbles yet.

"But it's hard to place it so I suppose it is an unidentified flying object."