London, January 1 (ANI): A saucer-shaped flying object, believed to be a spaceship, has been photographed over Cornwall in South-west England.

Kelvin Barbery, a facilities manager for schools, clicked the picture of the mystery object from a coastal path between Swanpool and Maenporth, near Falmouth.

He revealed that he did not even see the UFO at the time of clicking the picture, as he was just trying to click a sea view.

However, upon loading the digital camera card on to his computer, he was stunned to find the round metallic craft at the centre of the shot.

The flying object appears in the middle of two ships in the picture. It is believed that the so-called UFO would have been about two miles away from Kelvin.

There were a couple of tankers out in the bay and I thought that it made a nice shot. There was nothing in view and certainly no fault on the camera, the Sun quoted Kelvin as saying.

When I got home I couldnt believe what I had. I thought, Wow, where did that come from? Im not the sort to believe in UFOs now Im not so sure, he said.

Nick Pope, a renowned UFO expert in Britain, has hailed the photograph.

If I was still there Id be looking at this very closely. The object looks structured, symmetrical and metallic. This man has caught something very interesting indeed, said Nick, formerly the official Ministry of Defence UFO analyst.

Michael Soper, an expert with the Contact International UFO group, said that though tampering with digital pictures was very easy, Kelvins photo looked genuine.

This does appear genuine. Digital photos can be doctored but everything about it appears consistent, he said. (ANI)