Jellyfish-shaped UFO appears in Alaska, near a military base. Here is what is known. VIDEO

Is it a plane? Is it a bird? Is it a jellyfish... a giant octopus? In the last few hours, images and videos showing a strange figure levitating over Alaska, near a US military base, which then disappears into thin air, have gone viral on social media.

According to the testimony of user Sara June Osborn, who shared the images of the unidentified flying object (UFO), she was recording a rainbow in Anchorage, Alaska, when the strange figure appeared in the frame, allegedly floating over the territories of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

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The images show a seemingly robotic figure, shaped like a huge jellyfish with a prominent head and long tentacles, as well as a shiny metallic color; on social media, people have also said it resembles an octopus more.

The user asserts that the flying object moved independently and turned from side to side over the trees in the area; after almost three minutes, the strange figure vanished into thin air without leaving a trace.

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At first, she thought it was a mosquito crossing between her cell phone camera and the rainbow she was photographing, but she realized it was something else when she looked beyond the screen.

She added that she tried to investigate the appearance, even from a scientific perspective or simply as an entertainment object, thinking it could even be a kite being flown by other visitors or a remotely operated human device like a huge drone.

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“It disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived. Only God and the government will know what it was,” Osborn noted in a statement cited by media outlets such as the Daily Mail.

“I have several snapshots taken just milliseconds apart,” she added, saying she was concerned by the way the body moved in the distance.

After capturing the UFO, Osborn and her partner went to explore the area to see if they could find it again, but after traveling for 30 minutes in the vicinity, the object did not reappear. Osborn and her companion were the only people who saw the object, as she says there was no one nearby, and when they went out to look for it, there was no one who could support their story.

“It was there, and then it wasn't. I can't deny that it happened (...) We couldn't find anyone else who saw it at the same time we did,” she pointed out.

Although the images have just gone viral on the internet and have been a topic of interest among various media outlets around the world, the video is not new. Apparently, it dates back to June of this year, around 10 p.m. local time.

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