On Tuesday a bright meteor briefly swept across the sky over parts of the US Midwest and Canada which caused a powerful explosion rattling homes and astonishing onlookers.
The official explanation from experts such as NASA was that a meteor had entered Earth’s atmosphere and burnt up upon arrival.
However, have sensationally claimed there is something more sinister going on.
Paranormal YouTube channel SecureTeam10 posted a video on its page titled “What really just happened over Michigan?”
The narrator of the video says he has been inundated with pictures of a “strange red beam was seen in the skies over Michigan” that was seen when the meteor struck.
He goes on to ask: “What is this beam of light? What is this fire? Does it have something to do with this meteor?
“Something strange it seems has happened over Michigan. I don’t know what, but I am still trying to dig for details.”
Commenters on the video gave their theories, ranging from alien activity to weaponry.
OsakaRose Sakura said: “Something is up in Michigan. First of all, that is no meteor. It speeds up at the end and it has no trail and is not breaking up into pieces as it comes into the atmosphere.”
Michelle Alexander-Nolin added: “Directed energy weapons.”
KAY9 stated: “I personally think it was an unarmed missile. Meaning the warhead was not active and the explosion was from the rocket fuel.
“Look at the path that follows this object, no strays, no atmospheric burning, a straight path into the ground.”
GamerKicks said: “What if the meteor was a crashed UFO and the beam of light shinning into the sky was a call for help?”
The claims forced NASA into the unusual step of insisting the sighting was a space rock.
Bill Cooke, lead for NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, told The Washington Post in no uncertain terms: “It was definitely a meteor.”