RECORD numbers of UFO sightings are predicted over the coming bank

holiday weekend as spiritual pilgrims gather to worship on a "holy

mountain" in Devon.

Members of the Aetherius Society will

descend on Yes Tor near Okehampton on Saturday, August 28 to chant and

pray, in the belief that the second highest point on Dartmoor is

charged with spiritual energy.

And if the ceremony provokes a

similar response from the extra-terrestrial realm to their pilgrimage

to Combe Martin two years ago, the skies could be littered with alien

craft.

When more than 100 followers visited Combe Martin in 2008, there were a record 200 reported UFO sightings across the UK.

Spokesman

Mark Bennett said: "For every step we take towards them, they take two

towards us but we need to make the effort and make ourselves

available.

"We need to work for peace and enlightenment, then they will be in a position to help us more."

The

society was founded in the 1950s by Dr George King, who claimed the

holy mountain sites were charged with spiritual energy by

extraterrestrials from Venus and Mars.

Dr King worked as a medium and followers believe his trance-like utterances are communications from superior life forms.

The

society arranges annual pilgrimages to the sites in order to tap into

the "energetic imprint" made by a being they call The Full Aspect of

Adept Nixies Zero Zero Three.

The gathering comes as UFO watchers trawl through thousands of pages of archive documents relating to sightings.

The

documents, released two weeks ago by the MoD and National Archives,

include dozens of reported sightings in the West Country.