Social media have been flooded with the topic of a UFO above Houston after a mysterious object was spotted twirling over the streets of Texas.

Skygazers were stunned and amazed by their close encounter with a UFO appearing to perform strange maneuvers as it somewhat spinning through storm clouds in Houston.

Surprised people managed to record the mysterious aerial activity and took to Twitter and Facebook to share their out-of-this world encounter. Many amateur photographers have been posting their own captures of the hovering UFO to the social media sites.

The bright object seems to have lights underneath. It has increased speculation about alien invasion across the area, but experts ruled out the possibility of Independence Day scenario.

YouTube user Andrew Pena unintentionally captured the strange aerial activity in the video when he was trying to record a lightning storm.

He said that he saw the lights in his own eyes streaking from left to right and moving in half circles, which he described as a crazy stuff.

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