The jaw-dropping video is said to have been filmed in the night sky above Engenho Novo, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday.  

The footage has been sent to the US-based Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) which is analysing the video.

MUFON is the world's largest organisation dedicated to UFO and alien research, and maintains a database of sightings.

Yesterday it was sent the footage with a witness report.

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