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NASA scientists explain a 'refueling UFO' near the sun as a solar prominence

When: 12 Mar 2012
Sources: 1 public source

A solar prominence seen by NASA's SDO; NASA said the 'refueling UFO' was a prominence NASA/SDO, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A NASA solar observatory sequence showing a planet-sized dark sphere apparently tethered to the sun spread online as a UFO refueling. NASA Goddard scientists Joseph Gurman and C. Alex Young said it was an erupting prominence seen beneath a filament channel.

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PressSolar Eruption Mistaken for Refueling UFO Spaceship (opens in a new tab)Space.com (Live Science) / 2012-03-13

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