SILVER spacemen were spotted emerging from sea as they climbed up the shingle on Brighton beach.

Christina Chatfield, owner of the Dental Health Spa in Queen’s Road, was running near the West Pier when she spotted the two jumpsuit-clad astronauts – both with American flags on their uniforms.

She said: “When I saw them I was thinking ‘only in Brighton’ and it is one of the best things about getting up early seeing all the unusual things on the beach.”

The two spacemen were being filmed. But they would not confirm what they were up to.

Ms Chatfield said: “They were creeping up the beach like an invasion – a secret invasion.”

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