US TV scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson has admitted having no idea what was recorded.

However, he then dismissed what is being described as some of the most compelling evidence for alien UFOs ever released, as “of no interest.”

Video showing a bizarre object, which some have claimed defied physics in how it flew, was released by the US Department of Defence as it confirmed it had spent $22 million (£16.5 million) researching such phenomena from 2007 to 2012.

It was filmed by US Navy pilots off the coast of San Diego in November 2004 in what has become known as the Nimitz UFO case.

What an arrogant jerk. And this guy is the heir apparent to Carl Sagan? To read more, click here.