YouTube user says he has proof of NASA covering up evidence of aliens after he found a 'UFO hovering near the Sun'
PUBLISHED: 19:01 GMT, 10 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:47 GMT, 11 May 2012
A YouTube user claims he has found proof that NASA is covering up evidence of aliens because the agency's spacecraft that monitors the Sun went offline after he spotted a 'UFO' on its video feed.
On May 5, user 'rob19791' posted a YouTube video of a mysterious-looking 'object' hovering near the sun. The footage was taken from video that the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory beamed back to Earth and streamed online.
But the claims are likely to fall on deaf ears at NASA after two other similar sightings of 'alien spaceships' have been debunked with simple explanations.
What is it? The YouTube video zooms in on this mysterious object hovering above the surface of the sun earlier this month
'Coverup': After a YouTube user posted the video of this object, NSAS took the spacecraft that shot it, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, offline for 'emergency Sun reacquisition' mode
The video zooms in on a pyramid-shaped object hovering above the sun's surface.
One day later, NASA shut down the spacecraft's video feed as it went into 'emergency Sun reacquisition mode.'
'This is a cover up to prevent us from seeing these things again. NASA must have seen this video and started making plans to change the way you and I are allowed to view it,' he said in a second video.
'I think this is proof that NASA are covering this up.
'NASA are clearly trying to stop us looking at the sun,' he added.
This is the third time in recent months that believers have pointed out 'proof' of UFOs based on supposedly unexplained phenomena on NASA's space-monitoring equipment.
Been here before: In March, conspiracy theorists claimed they saw this 'Death Star' hovering above the Sun. Scientists said it was a solar filament
In December, a man says he found a 'cloaked' space ship orbiting Mercury.
March brought the 'Death Star,' a planet-size object seen 'refueling' at the Sun -- similar to rob19791's triangular discovery.
In March, NASA scientists debunked the Death Star theory by explaining that cameras had simply captured a solar filament -- a tunnel of matter extending out from the sun and cooling to form a dark 'spot.'
It appears this might be the explanation for the second 'UFO,' as well.
While the answer is shorter on conspiracy, it is no less puzzling to scientists.
They still aren't sure what the filaments are or what caused them to form.
