[Watch] Were we visited by aliens?
It’s a dream scenario for conspiracy theorists: First, mysterious lights are spotted "leaving" Earth, and then Nasa cuts a video stream from the International Space Station (ISS) showing them. Of course, there must only be one rational explanation - Nasa was trying their best to prevent us knowing about a mysterious alien race. Well, not quite. The most likely explanation is much more mundane, with the sudden blackout caused by either a camera glitch or a fragment of space debris.
The video is a short clip taken from Nasa’s ISS live stream, which shows the views from cameras on the space station. Created by Mister Enigma on YouTube, the video advises viewers to watch in full screen mode as "the UFOs are really small."
Watching the video, a small speck of light can be seen very faintly in the distance rising from the atmosphere.
| A small speck of light can be seen very faintly in the distance rising from the atmosphere. The video then replays the footage but zooms in, showing what seem to be two rotating dots rising from the atmosphere. |
The feed from Nasa then cuts out, with the message: "Please stand by. The High Definition Earth Viewing experiment is either switching cameras, or we are experiencing a temporary loss of signal with the International Space Station."
| Shown is the screen Nasa displays when it is switching cameras, or when the ISS is out of range. |
The video then replays the footage but zooms in, showing what seem to be two rotating dots rising from the atmosphere. Read the full story here.