Footage apparently showing a UFO flying through the Manchester skies has been dubbed the worst fake alien sighting video ever.

The clip was uploaded to YouTube earlier today and was allegedly shot in Manchester on Sunday night.

It was shared by a user named Chebbers Deighton.

He wrote that he spotted the flying saucer when he was looking out of the window at his uncle’s house, adding: “Aliens have been coming round this way for ages, mucking about and doing there dodgy stuff.

“It’s defo an invasion, I would get the council to sort it out but I reckon they are [sic] in on it working with the space men!”

However, many viewers were quick to comment on the poor quality of the video.

One YouTube user wrote: “This is the stupidest thing I’ve seen in yonks Chebbers. You’re not fooling no one with this shady camera work. And why does the date say last year?”

It comes after a spate of alleged UFO sightings across Greater Manchester.

In July a video was captured showing flashing lights in the Manchester sky and in February another social media user claimed to have filmed an alien hiding in Salford.