London, November 22 : A police helicopter nearly collided with a UFO over Birmingham, says a report.

The incident is detailed in a document compiled by experts from the Airprox Board, which records near misses and reports them to the military and air traffic control units.

The reports suggests that the pilot managed to swerve out of the mystery aircraft's way while he was on a routine police surveillance task over the city centre earlier this year.

There were also two police observers on board the helicopter when the incident occurred in May.

All three reported seeing a strange aircraft with two continuous blue/green lights, said the report.

"The front observer saw unidentified lights flying around their aircraft. The pilot established visual contact, as he manoeuvred the aircraft to avoid a collision and to identify the light source," the Telegraph quoted the report as stating.

The documents said that the mysterious object was about 100m away from the helicopter, and that it flew around it.

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