An unnamed witness who photographed the flying object from a back garden on Monday immediately reported the sighting to official investigators because they were so puzzled by it.

In a brief report to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) the homeowner, from New Orleans in America, said: "It blocked out the sun's rays."

The person said they "observed the object's activity in all lines" of their vision."

In the image it looks like a so-called cigar-shaped UFO, which left trail almost like that of a plane.

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