This clip shows one of the green lights flashing through the night sky, before appearing to land nearby
And #UFOsa comes to Sandton… Hmmm pic.twitter.com/qbhKtSLSa6
— Mike Sharman (@mikesharman) December 1, 2015
A crashed UFO is being investigated by secret agents after it came down close to a road – at least that’s what we are led to believe.
In the convincing footage the green lights from the UFO can be seen shooting through the sky, before it looks as though it has come down nearyby.
But the viral stunt, showing people in South Africa that a downed UFO had crash landed in their country flopped, when savvy social media users rumbled it as a prank within minutes.
The scam – to promote a new health drink – started with video clips apparently showing strange lights in the sky, and one of them then crashing to earth.
In the full advert which reveals the advertising campaign as a joke sees teams wearing bio-hazard suits starting to seal off areas in the southern city of Cape Town.
Spotted: The UFO apparently falling from the sky
Then they are seen in the area of Sandton in the city of Johannesburg, as well as other cities around what seemed to be a crashed alien space craft.
But the stunt was blown when Twitter users recognised it as a hoax straight away.
One of the first tweets from user Mike Sharman said: “#UFOsa comes to Sandton… Hmmm”
Crash: They claim the UFO had hit the ground
Concern: The scene of a UFO crash – or a film set?
He tweeted: “#UFOSA if it is a UFO in Cape Town, I hope the little aliens have their unabridged birth certificates.”
Another user known as Gogo tweeted: “Can I just say how unconvincing the #UFOSA thing has been? we need better hoaxes.”
Later the PR firm behind the stunt admitted the attempted scam had been dreamed up to sell a health drink for clients Clover and FutureLife.