European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespolit released the footage filmed from the ISS, saying it was a meteorite entering Earth’s atmosphere.
The ESA appeared to be perfectly open with the footage, and scientists agreed at his diagnosis adding the meteorite had hurtled towards Earth.
However, it led to immediate cover up claims from a notorious alien conspiracy theorist Tyler Glockner, who runs YouTube channel Secureteam10.
In a video highlighting the footage, he said: “I don’t think it’s meteorite at all.
"What any people may not realise is that this video is a time lapse.
“You’re seeing the Earth spinning at a high rate of speed and we see this flash of light coming from space.
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