AN OVERTON woman has told of her 'X-Files' experience after spotting a mysterious object in the sky in December.

Wendy Lunt was engaged in a spot of stargazing on the evening of December 28, taking pictures of the night sky and sending to family when she spotted something unusual in one of the images.

One of the images Wendy says contained what looks like a 'man-made' object, but it had disappeared before she had a chance to take a second picture.

While not going quite as far to suggest the object was something from another world, she has posed the question of what the mystery was.

"I took the picture on my iPad, I was just messing around and I'd been asked by my grandkids to take some photos of the sky," said Wendy.

"I wasn't even looking for everything, just took my camera out.

"Everyone's got a few suggestions. It's not a star and as you can see it's too bright to be a star.

"We 'ummed and ahhed' whether it was the [International] Space Station (ISS) but that goes too fast. I didn't see it again so whether it moved I don't know.

"I think when we see [the ISS] it's smaller than that and they say its goes quite quick.

"It's a really definite shape, it looks man made, not a star or a meteorite. It is a very long way away.

"We live in Cloy Lane near Overton, so we get clear skies, no light pollution. There wasn't much else out, there's a lot of background stars.

"I've asked people what they think it is so I'm putting the question out there, what do people think it is?

"I'm not sure – it's just the shape of it.

"Is it a piece of space rubbish – I'm just putting the question out to find out.

"It would be nice for people to wonder what it is."