Francisco Acosta Tostado, 68, told authorities he was riding his bike on a highway in the city of Paso de Ovejas in Veracruz, Mexico, when "an unidentifiable craft" flew so close it knocked him off his bike.

He told police, who found him with a deep gash to his head, he believed "aliens in the craft had been trying to kidnap" him.

But the Mexican pensioner seemingly avoided being taken off in the UFO after landing in bushes nearby, local reports said. 

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