A jellyfish-shaped unidentified flying object with dangling tentacles was filmed hovering near a joint US military base in Alaska before vanishing from view. The video, captured by local resident Sara Jane Osborn, has gone viral on social media.
Sighting near Elmendorf-Richardson
Osborn was trying to photograph a rainbow on 15 June at 10:13 pm when she noticed the object emerging from a group of trees. The video shows the dark, round-bodied UFO hovering above the trees and moving its legs. Osborn told the Daily Mail that at first she thought it was a “mosquito,” expressing irritation that something was blocking her picture of the rainbow.
Upon seeing the UFO, Osborn was shocked and confused, and quickly called her husband, Pete, to investigate further. The couple said they later saw it flying toward the joint US military base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Online debate over authenticity
The sighting has sparked debate online, with many trying to determine whether the object was alien. Some social media users suggested it was a kite, with one saying, “It’s a kite, the guy who makes them has a whole series on [YouTube] about the construction.” Others deferred judgment, with one user commenting, “only god knows.”
Responding to claims that the UFO was fake, Osborn told the Daily Mail, “if there was a kite there, why would you only fly it for, like, three minutes?” She added that although there was a breeze that day, “it wasn't a big enough breeze for a kite.”
Context of UK sightings
The Alaska sighting follows reports of a UFO epidemic in the UK, with mystery “black triangles” seen in skies and nearly 2,000 sightings logged in the past five years by UFO Identified researchers. These include 164 reports of wedge-shaped objects gliding over housing estates and farmland before speeding off. In the most recent report on July 22, witnesses spotted a “large black triangle” with a red light hovering over Stretford in Greater Manchester for more than 30 minutes.
