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A gigantic four-armed UFO spotted orbiting the sun is a living space ship feeding from the star's energy, according to conspiracy theorists.

Alien enthusiasts claim NASA is covering up a huge secret about the giant space ship after footage of the UFO has been spotted repeatedly over five years.

Conspiracy theorists claim cameras on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the gigantic ship beaming around the sun.

But the aerospace organisation refuses to comment on what the image is suggesting that it may simply be an irregularity in the image or 'space rubbish.'

(Image: YouTube/Streetcap1) (Image: YouTube/Streetcap1)

The SOHO satellite, managed by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), hovers in the orbit transmitting to Earth real-time data about solar activity in order to enable researchers to predict space weather.

Footage of the mysterious UFO was posted to YouTube earlier this week by UFO hunter StreetCap1 who questions "Why has NASA continually released these photos without any explanation of these anomalies?"

(Image: YouTube/Streetcap1) (Image: YouTube/Streetcap1)

Alien enthusiast Scott C. Waring said the footage "shows three long appendages protruding from a main object.

"It also shows a fourth arm…. That is more than two times long as the higher arms. All four arms are solid objects, not trails.”

UFO hunters believe the footage shows an alien space ship that has entered the sun's orbit to "suck" power from the star in order to capture the strength needed to multiply.