Aha! The truth is out there at last about the beloved home of cringe-worthy comedy character Alan Partridge.
Norwich, where Steve Coogan’s socially inept character lives, is also the capital of UFO believers, says a poll.
Some 31% of locals in the East Anglian city say they have had a close encounter with an extraterrestrial.
Another 30% have sensed aliens or had an “inexplicable alien experience” near their house. And 15% dream about being abducted by little green men.
Nearly one in five Brits have sensed aliens or seen flying saucers and 41% would like to meet an ET.
And 22% think the Government is plotting to hide outer space activity.
The number who claimed encounters with aliens varies from 26% of people in Newcastle and Birmingham down to 11% in Hull and Liverpool. In Glasgow it was 25%, followed by Bristol, 24%, Leeds, 22%, Plymouth, 21%, Manchester, 19%, Swansea, 16%, London 13%.
Last year Manchester-born comedian Jason Manford, 40, said when he was 14 he and his brother saw a UFO flying over his home in Whalley Range in the city.
He said: “It flew one way and then, almost at the opposite angle, flew off. No known plane could have done that.”
Harry Lang, of BuzzBingo.com, which quizzed 2,000 UK adults, said: “There must be something about the flat East Anglia landscape that makes UFOs more visible.
“We were amazed how many people from Norwich claim to have had a sighting of a UFO or sensed a presence.
“But, that said, a fifth of the population claim to have seen or felt something. Maybe they really are out there.”
