A LIVE traffic broadcast quickly turned into a on-air UFO sighting when a spherical object was filmed flying over a California highway.
The bizarre moment was captured earlier this month as a chopper for Fox 11 news filmed a freeway in Los Angeles as rush hour traffic steadily flowed below.
Many of the drivers will have been entirely oblivious to the unusual orb soaring above them.
However, the camera operator in the helicopter did spot it and zoomed in to follow its trajectory.
The round object moved in a continuous straight line over the highway, traveling at quite a speed.
It appears to be the size of a basketball and dark in color.
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The footage which was shared on Tuesday and has been viewed by millions has sparked a wide number of theories from some saying it is just a balloon to others saying it was a UFO in flight.
“Literally just a foil balloon, played with them a bunch as a kid,” one wrote on social media.
“I’m sceptical, but it doesn’t move like a balloon in the wind. It’s flying in a straight line,” another viewer said.
“Balloon crowd is going to have a hard time with this one. That path is too straight,” a third said.
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“Wind doesn’t fly a sphere across LA in a clean line with no wobble. Whatever it is, it isn’t just floating.”
“It has no wings, no engine, how is it flying on its own like that ??? Anyone know??” another viewer asked.
Some even compared it to the so-called Buga Sphere, a metal ball covered in mysterious writing that was found in Colombia.
Meanwhile, other viewers attempted to quash the UFO conspiracies, saying that the object was most likely a drone with retailers increasing their airborne delivery networks in the city.
California is the number one state for UFO sightings, per Enigma, a crowd sourced platform where people can log what they see.
Over 5,240 first-hand sightings in the Golden State have been logged on the platform, with these soaring to a total of almost 30,000 since 1901 when third-party sources are included.
Spherical objects are among the top reported shapes, Enigma notes.
This most recent mystery comes just days after The Pentagon released six different batches of files relating to UFO sightings including never-before-seen footage allegedly showing silent, flashing red and green orbs swarming the sky above a military site.
President Donald Trump first called on the Department of War to release more UFO files in February.
“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs),” Trump said on TruthSocial.
“And any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
The Department of War stated that the current files released are considered “unresolved cases.”
“Meaning the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena,” the Department of War said.
“Under this Administration, we will pursue the truth and share our findings with the American people.”