‘Flying’ lights appear in night sky as residents fear ‘aliens are attacking Earth’

This baffling footage shows dozens of mysterious glowing dots hovering over city buildings in the night sky.

The clips, filmed in China, have sparked fears among local residents it could be a sign of aliens coming to Earth.

The strange sight was captured above the streets of Deyang, in China’s south-western Sichuan Province.

One phone-filmed video, shared on Douyin – the Chinese version of TikTok – shows a train of shining lights floating above tall residential buildings.

The puzzling appearance, which some described as a ‘dragon gliding across the sky’, reportedly stretched for some 500 metres before vanishing.

Another video shows countless luminous dots hovering next to a building and circling around the moonlight.

After a while, they slowly dispersed and joined the long train apparently seen in the first clip.

The scene sparked much controversy on social media, with confused netizens trying to guess what they were seeing.

One user, titled ‘I am MT’, commented: ‘Run quickly, aliens are attacking the earth.’

Another one titled ‘Help Xiyu’s baby’ wrote: ‘[Could be a sign of] another explosion, or earthquake.’

While ‘User 8858123756196’ said: ‘[They are] little insects flying under the light.’

Last month, footage of a tall figure spotted in hills in Brazil went viral after social media users debated whether it could be a 10ft alien.

The suspected extra-terrestrial turned out to be a basketball player out for a hike.

That sighting came days after a similarly-lanky ‘alien’ was spotted observing a mass brawl outside a shopping mall in Miami.

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