On October 7, 2018, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched a rocket carrying an Earth-observation radar satellite into orbit. The mission, launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, was regarded as a major success.
It was the first time Mr Musk’s firm had completed a landing of its Falcon 9 rocket on solid ground.
However, new footage has emerged which appears to show some strange lights hovering around the rocket as it ascended into space.
This has led some to claim that aliens were present at the time of the launch and were monitoring the situation.
The theory stems from a video which appears to show three objects illuminated by artificial light.
These lights appear as if they come perilously close to the Falcon 9 rocket, with one, according to alien enthusiast Scott C Waring, touching the rocket.
Mr Waring said that this led to an explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket – although it is important to note that the mission was regarded as being a complete success.
Mr Waring wrote on his blog UFO Sightings Daily: “In the video I can see at 16 seconds into it, there are three glowing objects in the path ahead of the rocket, at 18 seconds one of them actually comes so close that it may have hit the rocket.
“At 45 seconds into it an explosion occurs. It looks like aliens did not approve of the payload aboard this rocket launch in and the aliens destroyed it.
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However, Mr Waring does believe that the coronavirus pandemic has opened up humanity’s eyes, adding that the public is now ready to be told that aliens do exist.
He said: “Much like COVID-19 did to the people in each country as it spread, because the public once believed that such a pandemic would be impossible, and yet, the human race has changed their perspective on that very fast.
“That’s how disclosure of intelligent aliens would be, but it would not kill people or frighten them as much.”
