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Pentagon officially releases 3 ‘UFO’ videos, alien-related posts take over Twitter. They’re hilarious

With this news of Pentagon officially releasing 3 ‘UFO’ videos hitting social media, several people started sharing their reactions online.

Updated on: Apr 28, 2020, 14:05:36 IST
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On Monday, the Pentagon released three declassified videos which have now created a stir online. The videos of the “unidentified aerial phenomena” capture the rapid movements of what appear to be unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

People flooded Twitter with alien-related posts. (Twitter/@Bhismadev9)
People flooded Twitter with alien-related posts. (Twitter/@Bhismadev9)

The video have been circulating in the public domain after unauthorised releases in 2007 and 2017. However, now the US department of defense (DOD) has authorised their release.

With the news of release hitting social media, several people started sharing their reactions online. A few creative minds, however, took a step further to drop hilarious alien-related memes and posts. Soon numerous posts about aliens invading Earth started circulating online and they’re hilarious.

We have gathered some such witty and rib-tickling tweets for you.

Here’s a Twitter user who suggested the name of the person who would be happiest if aliens visited Earth:

What will July 2020 bring? This Twitter user has a notion:

Here’s how everyone “already traumatized by 2020” will react, suggested a Twitter user:

Another user of the micro-blogging site suggested that the aliens are not about to invade but are already living on Earth:

“If aliens comes to earth during lockdown, Earth be like,” tweeted a person and shared this image of a scene from the movie Avengers: Infinity War.

And, how can the Internet forget ‘That alien meme guy’, aka Giorgio Tsoukalos, on this occasion:

Here are a few more tweets which will surely tickle your funny bone:

“DOD is releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos. The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as “unidentified,” said a statement on the agency’s official website.

“After a thorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena,” they added.

Here’s one of the videos released by To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences back in 2017 on YouTube:

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