Flashing Orange 'Eye Shaped' UFO

Artist's impression of large flashing UFO

At around 3.45am this morning I noticed a large oval shaped 'flashing' UFO travelling relatively slowly from left to right in front of me, at about an altitude of 2000 - 3000ft.

This travel path was basically west (Lancashire coast) to east.

The UFO was orange in colour and was flashing on/off/on/off in a repeating pattern. It was definitely NOT the light of a plane. It was shaped like a large 'eye' and was approximately the size of a medium sized aircraft (In length) so could not be one of the beacon lights on the wing or fuselage of a plane.

The UFO passed in total silence. I was able to watch it progress until it went out of view behind a tree line. The whole episode lasted about 10-20 seconds. In that time it travelled approximately half a mile.