A strange UFO has been caught on film by a pair of astrophotographers as it moves across the night sky.

Paul and Sylvia Mayo filmed the bizarre object, described as looking like a string of colourful pearls, above the town of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.

The couple have 30 years of experience when it comes to photographing the night sky but admit they were "baffled" by the UFO:

"I cannot explain it. I'm baffled, and I'm not usually baffled by anything. In my 30 years of taking photos of galaxies and star clusters, you might see the odd jet but this is, to me, probably moving a lot faster," Paul told Australia's NT News .

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