STUNNED Londoners claimed they saw a ‘UFO’ was spotted hovering in the night sky – but it turned out to actually be a crane.
Concerned locals in Ealing, West London were convinced they had spotted an alien aircraft after seeing a mysterious red light.
One posted a photo of the light to a community Facebook page, scrivere: “Ciao a tutti, does anybody see this red light up in the sky? Anybody know what it is?”
A piercing red light could be seen shining through the foggy night sky – leaving many to speculate.
Una persona ha scritto: “It’s the mothership at last. I’ve been waiting for ages. Laters everyone.”
tuttavia, the next morning the true cause of the seemingly-bizarre illumination was uncovered.
Once the sun came up and the fog cleared the source of the light was revealed to be a crane.
The resident who posted the original photo was forced to sheepishly admit they had been fooled.
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“Haha guys just a crane… just checked it now. But at night I was sh*****g myself,” hanno pubblicato.
Un altro ha scritto: “I had the same feeling and I was freaking out, in the morning light I saw it was a crane!”
“Crane light in the fog,” another posted.
It comes after an ex-nuclear weapons specialist claimed he saw UFOs flying overhead while serving at a top-secret US Air Force base.
Meanwhile a flight attendant claimed to have spotted a V-shaped UFO flying above an Airbus A230 passenger jet while travelling over Georgia.
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