While the world is preparing for the upcoming holidays, the astronauts on the ISS are still working on innovative projects that someday might ease life in space and possibly on other planets.

Six days ago, on December 15, the ISS was filmed while traveling at a dazzling speed of 18,000 MPH above Earth. While the sighting is impressive on its own, the small “intruder” chasing after the space station sure puzzled a lot of UFO enthusiasts.

The following video reveals a fascinating sight of the ISS seen from ground level. However, a small dot was surprised as it was chasing the station at a similar speed (look carefully in the back, left of the ISS). Could this be an orb UFO spying on the International Space Station? Or is this an identified object after all?

According to official reports, six days ago was the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket destined to dock with the ISS. It carried a crew of three astronauts, among them being Tim Peake, the first official British astronaut to ever set foot on the ISS. After a failed attempt to dock, Russian astronaut Yuri Malenchenko had to take manual control of the module in order to safely land on the station. Now, if the official information is correct, the small dot from the above video might be the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in a desperate attempt to land with the ISS.

However, since this explanation was released 24 hours after the launch took place, some skeptics claimed that the footage shows in fact a speeding orb UFO that is either spying on the ISS or trying to make contact. Because the official explanation arrived with a one day delay, some UFO analysts believe that NASA is covering the actual situation once again, and that the small dot chasing after the ISS is an actual UFO with possible alien origins or maybe an advanced military craft engaged into a secret space mission.

Even though NASA interrupted the live feed many times whenever a strange object approached the ISS, and even though former space engineers spoke of secret meetings between ISS astronauts and aliens, it’s likely that this time the renowned space agency spoke the truth, but we do not deny the cover-up hypothesis either. Stay vigilant!