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A bizarre object that was seen over Wyoming during a meteor shower has left experts baffled, with no one able to conclusively say what it is.

The Perseid meteor shower was seen across the globe on August 12 and 13, with sky enthusiasts able to see up to 80 shooting stars every hour.

But it was another mysterious sight in the sky that grabbed the attention of residents of Jackson Hole, in the US state.

In footage sent to local news site Buckrail News , the object can be seen slowly moving over the city in the early hours of Monday morning.

As it gets closer to the edge of the screen, its true oval shape becomes clear.

(Image: BUCKRAIL NEWS)

The object even appears to flash seconds before it disappears.

The woman who caught the sighting told Buckrail that she couldn’t find any records of flights in the area at that time.

And the flash at the end added further mystery to the object.

“It would totally be a plane in my mind if there weren’t a weird, bright flash in the end,” she added.

Buckrail asked several experts what they though it was.

Samuel Singer, former Executive Director of Wyoming Stargazing and space enthusiast, guessed it could be a drone and local photographer Sam Cook agreed.

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But the strange shape of the craft seen at the end of the clip is unlike the conventional shape of a drone.

A former airforce pilot told the site it could be a military jet, although they usually fly in pairs and not at the time of the sighting (4am).



The video has sparked a fierce debate on YouTube as well, since it was uploaded on August 13.



“Any chance it was the space station?” one asked.

(Image: BUCKRAIL NEWS)

“You can see it pass overhead from time to time. I would guess it is just that.”

Another wrote: “This really is a UFO.”

And a third said a different shape was visible during the clip.

“You can see the shape around the light, it looks like a UFO,” they commented.

It comes just days after a "snake-like" UFO appeared in the skies over New York state.