A bizarre UFO was filmed by news crews covering the rescue of a top general during the failed military coup in Turkey, it has emerged.

Clips of the news footage from July 16, a day after the failed takeover, have been uploaded to YouTube with a strange object seen in the sky in the background highlighted.

The recording shows the rescue, from pro-coup military, of the Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar.

He was brought to Çankaya Lodge by helicopter before the UFO was recorded in the distance for around three seconds.

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