Politics Reform UK UFOs

A Reform UK councillor proposed setting up a committee to monitor UFO activity, and the faces of his fellow councillors spoke for everybody

Oonagh Keating. Updated May 13th, 2026

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At the time of writing, at least four of Reform UK’s newly elected councillors have been suspended.

This represents a fraction of the 30 successful Reform candidates known to have highly problematic behaviour, statements, or social media comments in their history – including holocaust denial, white supremacy, and violent Islamophobia.

One councillor who hasn’t resigned is Doncaster’s Thorne and Moorends Ward representative, Kieran Lay, who spiced up the council’s discussion of whether to borrow funds for the reopening of Sheffield Airport with a plea to set up a body to monitor UAP activity in the area.

That’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, in case you didn’t know. UFOs!

In case you thought you must have imagined any of that, here are the highlights – or lowlights.

“Given the rarified unidentified anomaly phenomena UAP activity recorded directly over the immediate vicinity of Doncaster Sheffield airport, including the 2020 cockpit video of the supersonic object and multiple 2025 to 2026 sightings in the Bawtry and Toll Bar areas, and including my own ward over this weekend, and in line with NASA’s recommendations for evidence-based UAP oversight focused on aviation safety, I move to make the suggestion that full council establishes a temporary Doncaster UAP overview and safety committee or panel.”

“Given the local residents are clearly frustrated with the political fighting and simply want the airport open safely, does the Reform group agree that establishing an evidence-based UAP overview and safety committee or panel would help restore some public confidence rather than add further delay?

To all councillors with 93% of residents supporting the airport reopening, how do we ensure that any decision we make today protects both jobs and long-term taxpayer interests while addressing emerging aviation safety considerations in our own borough?”

“If we are serious about delivering a safe, successful airport for the people of Doncaster, shouldn’t we at least examine all verified data, including the UAP activity recorded right here before committing any further public money?”

Honestly, that final little “What you on about?” from the chamber says it all, as did the faces of Lay’s fellow councillors.

A concerned-looking elderly man with his hand over his mouth

An elderly man with his head in his hands, looking either embarrassed or exasperated.

Perhaps Councillor Lay misunderstood the party’s memo about aliens.

We can confirm that the council did not green light a UFO-investigation committee. To be fair to him, he later told a radio interviewer that he was just trying to spice up the council session. Mission accomplished.

Let’s see what tweeters thought of it all.

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