'Noisy' UFO Spotted Flying Over Geneva Stadium: Hoax

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‘Noisy’ UFO spotted flying over Geneva

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UFO spotted flying over Geneva stadium ‘made shrill noise’ before it disappeared leaving hundreds terrified.

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Starting since 12 October 2016 dozens of social media users on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere have shared brief videos and photos claiming to show they have spotted a ‘noisy’ UFO flying over Geneva stadium – for brief period, before it disappeared and left hundreds terrified. As you see in the first video, a mysterious footage captured the disc-shaped object near a stadium in the La Praille area of Geneva for around 20 seconds. Because of the mysterious claim, and that it was coming from many social media users, viewers online thought it could a real UFO sighting, associating it to some kind of extraterrestrial activity. No, the alleged UFO sighting over Geneva stadium is not a fact.

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The brief videos and photos allegedly shared from the UFO sighting over Geneva stadium garnered thousands of views and shares on social media sites. Some alleged witnesses said the unusual dark object (UFO) seen at around 8:30 p.m. on 12 October 2016 was “as big as a plane” and that it emitted a shrill noise. Sceptics however considered the popular theory speculating the alleged UFO could be a Drone equipped with LEDs. The fact of the matter being, just few days later, on 15 October, Facebook page Village du Soir revealed the whole truth about the UFO buzz that worried people. It was not any UFO or extraterrestrial activity, but simply a viral campaign by them for the opening of a cultural night event on 22 October in Geneva:

So the stories with videos and pictures saying a noisy UFO was spotted flying over Geneva stadium are hoaxes.