Footage has emerged of a strange object which allegedly hovered in the sky for around three minutes.
The controversial clip, which was uploaded on to YouTube by user Von Edgar-Land, was recorded last Wednesday over New York and shows a peculiar metallic object with jagged edges that doesn't seem to resemble any known aircraft.
According to the video uploader, the object sat stationary in the sky for several minutes while emitting a loud noise that he claimed had disturbed a flock of nearby birds, causing them to fly away.
Controversially however the video itself lasts only 15 seconds because the man's iPhone had allegedly shut down on its own due to an overheating issue that he was unable to explain.
The footage has been met with an understandable degree of skepticism since appearing online with critics arguing that it could easily be a hoax, especially given how short the recording is.
There have also been suggestions that the object could be some sort of aerial camera drone.