Devon and Cornwall Police have revealed the number of alleged UFO or alien sighting reports officers and control room handlers have had to deal with in the last six years.

The police were asked in a Freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service how many 999 or 101 calls the force had received in relation to alleged UFO or alien sightings from 2017 onwards, although a previous FOI also included figures from 2015 and 2016.

In the last six years, there have been 24 reports to the police when the caller to the police actually claimed to have seen an alien or a UFO.

But the response from the police said that all but four of the incidents involved individuals with mental health issues and are therefore not indicative of extra-terrestrial sightings.

Of the remaining four, two incidents – in Falmouth and Plymouth in 2016 – also both involve individuals who were recorded as sounding heavily intoxicated, the response said, while a sighting in East Devon in 2018 turned out to be a helicopter, and a call from 2020 in Illogan saw officers find no evidence of a UFO or a drone,

Below is a list that shows the year, the location, and the summary of the sighting:

2015

Redruth, Cornwall

Caller only taking part of his medication and now seeing aliens.

2015

Exeter, Devon

Reporting aliens

2015

Exeter, Devon

Suspicious persons in house, they could be aliens from a space ship.

2015

Plymouth, Devon

Caller states aliens are coming out of wall.

2016

Plymouth, Devon

Caller seen a UFO near the woods. It “shot off into the stars” after hovering over his head…

2016

Falmouth, Cornwall

Caller states he has just seen an alien in the sky.

2016

Dawlish, Devon

An alien was stood in the corner of caller's room.

2016

Truro, Cornwall

Further call from caller reporting aliens in her house.

2017

Honiton, Devon

Said she has seen a UFO being chased by a Stealth Jet up the M5 – Family have spoken with social services to seek additional help in relation to caller’s current health issues.

2017

Redruth, Cornwall

States she’s been attacked by an alien.

2018

Plymouth, Devon

Among other claims, caller stating that he has seen a UFO and the police don’t have a ‘bloody clue’ – appears more mental health then malicious communications or intentional wasting police time.

2018

Honiton, Devon

Caller report she’s seen a UFO and is involved with NASA. Previous logs state caller suffers with mental health and police visited and spoken at length with her to provide reassurance.

2018

Seaton, Devon

Caller reporting strange little lights moving in the sky – travelling back from Lyme Regis to Sidmouth and they were first aware of these lights just outside Lyme Regis. Several times the lights were seen as they travelled along the road and they pulled over between Beer and Seaton to listen out for helicopter noise, but heard none.

A police officer saw the same on the way to work but as the aircraft moved it revealed itself to be a...helicopter.

2018

Totnes, Devon

Caller rambling, making various claims including last night saw a UFO which froze her.

2018

Falmouth, Cornwall

Something was seen to fly over Falmouth Docks with a red light beaming on drone. The caller thought it was suspicious, even mentioned they thought it was UFO, but then clarified it would be a drone.

2018

Bodmin, Cornwall

Caller says there is going to be a fire at Bodmin Hospital and he knows this as he is God. Says that the fire is going to be started by a UFO. The hospital confirmed caller is a patient and currently resident  at Bodmin Hospital having recently been sectioned.

2018

Brixham, Devon

A caller said he saw a UFO in the sky and thought it might be a threat to humanity, or a nuclear missile. The male then stated that he has started cutting himself and police requested attendance of an ambulance.

2019

Plymouth, Devon

The caller states that there is a UFO in his garden and made many other unconnected calls on the same day.

2020

Torquay, Devon

The log said that the individual has mental health issues and that ‘she sees aliens and UFO’s’. You can be in the middle of a reasonable conversation and she will claim a UFO is over her flat.

2020

Plymouth, Devon

Caller appears to be having mental health episode and claiming to have seen UFO in sky and has a video on phone.

2020

Illogan, Cornwall

The caller said that there is a drone flying about his house with a camera on it. Officers attended, with no sign of any drone or UFO activity.

2020

Plymouth, Devon

The caller has concerns about him and his partners, and the male has struggled with his mental health and claims to have seen an alien that told him to kill his partner.

2020

Exeter, Devon

A rambling call from a female who says she can’t go to sleep because of the lights in the sky. She takes meds for personality disorder and the ambulance called.

2020

Cullompton, Devon

The caller stated he wanted to report himself missing. He thinks aliens are talking to him and states he hears the alien all the time.