'Exploding' UFO caught on video?

A video posted to YouTube shows a UFO hovering in the twilight skies of Sacramento, filmed by iPhone through the lens of a telescope. As the witness turned away for a moment, then retrained the camera on the unidentified flying object, it appears to have exploded in space.



The video, published on Dec. 31, 2012, is a news report broadcast by the CBS affiliate station in Sacramento. In it, correspondent Cody Stark explains how a viewer, Elijah Prychodzko, submitted the video to the station through Twitter.

CBS video technicians were able to enhance the segment and it does indeed seem to show a large object, hovering in the sky, intact one moment, apparently imploded the next.

The enhancement also reveals a strange object "orbiting" the UFO just prior to the event.

A scientist was consulted, but had no ready answer for the phenomenon. Reporters speculated it could be a trick of the light, but the object does appear to have exploded, with debris emanating from its center.


UFO Explosion Filmed Through Telescope - CBS News
This is one of the strangest events filmed in 2012, and it was unique enough for CBS News to file a report.

It looks like UFO hunting in 2013 has started, literally, with a bang.