UFOS swarming US military warships could be attempting to send mankind a warning over nuclear weapons and World War 3, a former cop turned investigator has claimed.

Gary Heseltine is the vice president of the new International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research (ICER) which is made up of UFO researchers and scientist from 27 countries.

He told The Sun Online there is a common correlation between UFO sightings and the world's nuclear capabilities - and said the strange encounters could be an attempt to send humanity a message.

"There is a massive correlation between UFOs being seen near nuclear facilities, whether it's nuclear aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, nuclear weapon storage areas, power plants," Mr Heseltine said.

"This would seem to indicate that it's as if they're saying 'we don't like nuclear weapons' so they show up.

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