Eagle-eyed social media users are convinced they’ve spotted a UFO flying through the sky during the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations earlier this week. See if you can find it here:
As part of the event programming for the long Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, the RAF orchestrated a spectacular flypast on Thursday morning (2 June), which saw the Queen and other members of the royal family gather on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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But while Liz and co smiled up at the skies from London, some people watching along at home found themselves distracted by a bizarre detail – having spotted what they believed might be, erm, a UFO.
Posting a zoomed in clip from Sky News footage in the UFOs thread on Reddit, one user wrote: “Jubilee UFO zoomed in. Thoughts?”
With 3,300 upvotes and 1,200 comments, it seems they were not alone with their theory.
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One shared another similar clip from Big Jet TV, saying: “Saw another angle at 57:21 near the smoke. Not sure if its the same thing.”
The original poster replied: “Yeah I think you got it... For those who don’t see it: Top left. It goes across the screen in a second.”
Another person said: “Just watched the BigJetTV angle again, this goes WAY too fast to be a drone or balloon in the wind. I'm inclined to say this is a genuine UAP [Unidentified Aerial Phenomena]."
Others discussed the speed of the strange object, with one writing: “Where are these things going? They always look like they’re in a hurry.”
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Another joked: “For them it’s probably a normal speed.”
The original poster also quipped: “Lol probably trying not to get caught on camera.”
Others, meanwhile, weren’t quite so convinced by the idea, with some saying it was simply a ‘bird’ or a ‘white balloon’ from the festivities.
One said: “Guys. That's just a white balloon caught in the wind currents of the jets.”
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Agreeing, someone else commented: “Helicopter filming is flying to the right. Almost static balloon is smaller and a lot closer to the camera that the jets in the background giving the effect it’s travelling super fast.”
A third added: “Yup. I was just going to say the same thing. This exactly matches what a white balloon would look like filmed from a fast moving helicopter.”
A fourth said: “You are 100% correct. Looking at it now and it couldn’t be more obvious. You can see the balloon shape as it bobs side to side, exactly as you’d expect a ballon that’s several hundred feet off the ground to do. Also, there’s hundreds if not thousands of people with balloons on the ground here…”
Jess Hardiman