By Tim Binnall
A purported airline pilot in England caused a stir online by sharing photos and a video of what they claim was an orb-shaped UFO spotted on the tarmac at a major British airport before taking off into the sky. The eyebrow-raising revelation reportedly occurred last week when an anonymous individual using the pseudonym 'CaptainBiggalow' posted the intriguing material on Twitter. According to the alleged airline pilot, the three photos and singular video (seen isolated below) were from an incident this past June wherein the weird object, which was described as being the size of a small car, was seen at the Manchester Airport.
Claiming to have received the material from a colleague, 'CaptainBiggalow' indicated that the orb was initially seen floating a few feet above the tarmac, which understandably prompted airport security to be dispatched to investigate the worrisome intrusion. However, he said, seemingly upon realizing it had been spotted, the object departed the scene with a sudden vertical ascent. Adding another layer of mystery to the curious case, the CaptainBiggalow account shut down shortly after the post caught the attention of UFO enthusiasts online and spawned a dizzying amount of discussion on Reddit.
While some have suggested that the purported pilot was silenced by the proverbial powers that be, others opined that the person probably never expected their post to generate so much interest and, as such, deleted their account out of fear of losing their anonymity. As for what may have been photographed and filmed at the airport in Manchester, there have been various theories put forward by UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike with the predominant possibilities being an unidentified drone from an adversarial nation, a balloon that was portrayed as something otherworldly by a mischievous social media user, and, of course, aliens. With that in mind, what do you make of the Manchester sphere? Weigh in with your thoughts at the C2C Facebook page.