Alien hunters were sent into a frenzy when they spotted what they believe is to be wreckage of a UFO found on Mercury.

The strange object spotted on the surface of the planet closest to the sun is shaped similarly to conchiglie, shell-shaped pasta and could provide evidence that extraterrestrials conquered the solar system long before we have.

UFO hunters believe the craft on Mercury resembles one spotted by Woodrow Derenberger is 1966, near a town called Parkersburg in West Virginia.

Mr Derenberger went on to write a book about his encounter titled Visitors From Lanulos – the planet where the supposed came from.

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