A NATURE photographer has opened a case of the X-Files after inadvertently capturing a UFO in Dorset skies.

Bournemouth-based Pete Swatton, who has 20 years’ experience, caught the flying object while taking pictures in Tollard Royal between 2pm and 3pm on November 5.

After snapping a buzzard, he noticed the airborne object in the background when reviewing his pictures.

Photo: Pete Swanton

Photo: Pete Swatton

“Have I accidentally captured a UFO?,” Mr Swatton wrote on social media.

In one of the images, an orange shaped object can clearly be seen which doesn’t show up on any of his other pictures.

“I was using a telephoto lens and a high-speed shutter which takes five pictures a second,” he said.

“There’s nothing before or after and neither myself nor my friend heard anything, so I’m baffled at what it can be.”

The image has been digitally enhanced, revealing three distinctive and unusual markings on the underside of the object, but unfortunately, they’re not clear enough to give any clues.

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