- Object sems to be alien 'craft' with jointed metal arms
- Appeared in footage from Nasa's sun-watching SOHO satellite
- UFO-watchers hail find as evidence of alien 'visitors'
By Rob Waugh
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A strange object flying close to the sun looks unnervingly like a huge, metallic 'mothership' familiar from Hollywood blockbusters.
The picture was released by Nasa's sun-watching Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, known as SOHO - and has become an immediate cult hit on the internet.
UFO fan site Gather News said: ‘An unusually shaped, gigantic UFO was spotted on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and posted in a video on YouTube.
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UFO fan site News Gather said: 'An unusually shaped, gigantic UFO was spotted on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and posted in a video on YouTube.'
An enlargement of the object makes the enormously large UFO look like a ship straight out of a Hollywood movie
‘The unidentified flying object, which bears no resemblance to anything ever spotted near the Sun, somehow manages to withstand the blazing heat thrown off by solar flare activity and the incredibly high temperatures emanating from nuclear fusion generated on the surface of the star. What is it?' asked the site.
UFO fans on YouTube have been highly enthusiastic about the object, with many claiming it as a definite 'spot'.
SOHO, the Solar Heliospheric Observatory, is a satellite built to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind.
SOHO was launched on December 2, 1995.Â
The twelve instruments on board SOHO communicate with large radio dishes around the world which form NASA's Deep Space Network are used for data downlink and commanding.
‘The video shows what looks like a metallic, jointed spaceship with a gigantic extension, perhaps a boom arm, anchored off its lower end.
'An enlargement of the object makes the enormously large UFO look like a ship straight out of a Hollywood movie.'
Alien spacecraft? Observers pointed out that the 'jointed' arms of the object near the sun are very similar to fictional interstellar craft
The unidentified flying object, which bears no resemblance to anything ever spotted near the Sun, somehow manages to withstand the blazing heat of the sun
I took a screenshot and added light to it and you can see another part of the ship. It has another third arm that goes down. So strange. Keep up the great work,' says one UFO fan.
Others are more sceptical, claiming such artefacts are often the product of distortion hitting SOHO's sensors.
‘There is no way this object is merely vapour, as the shape of it is rigidly straight and grooved and appears to be manufactured in some way,' says the UFO fan site. 'Also, there seems to be some intelligent design involved. It's beyond human engineering to create.'
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It's a Klingon 'Bird of Prey'.....
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Gearing up for Decemeber 2012. Joking aside i've always believed there is intelligent life out there it's finding it that's the problem because they are so advanced they probably can disguise their crafts and themselves.
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You Earhlings have been a favourite destination for our school study trips for eons. We take our kids past your world and then they have to write a 5,000 word essay entitled "How NOT to manage a planet".
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Considering the sheer numbers of these kinds of sightings - earth bound and in space - the really astonishing thing is that there is no (openly) official inquiry. We don't have to sign off on the alien mothership to simply note the curious nature and confess some interest. But, we don't and because we don't, they (our scientific community) won't... and never will.
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Mark , Bingham, 25/4/2012 14:18.. the mirrors placed on the moon can be seen by telescope from earth....there goes that theory!!!
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see if we can blag £1000 billion of them to sort our countries out because i see no other way out.
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see if we can blag £1000 billion of them to sort our countries out because i see no other way out.
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What utter tripe..............
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@ Bob, UK, 25/4/2012 13:46 - - - - -Bob you've watched "Paul" one too many times mate. On the plus side NASA have found my car-keys. . .
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Open ALL hailing frequencies Mr sulu.
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