COULD this image of a bizarre object snapped above the Netherlands be the first ever picture of a portal to another dimension?

Dutch snapper Harry Perton was photographing stormy evening skies over Groningen in his homeland when there was a flash as he fired the shutter, that some believe could be a wormhole - similar to a black hole.

Wormholes are a mysterious scientific theory that there are openings in space-time to another part of the universe or dimension.

At the time he took the picture, Mr Perton did not realise anything out of the ordinary had happened believing it must have been a flash of lightening.

But when he reviewed the shots at home he saw the strange semi-translucent object shaped like an upside down jellyfish or toadstool.

Most of the object is a turquoise colour, while there is a sunlight-esque jet or beam of light at the base.

After it was posted online, it led to a frenzy of speculation, including whether it could be proof of wormholes, alien visitations or even a religious warning.

One commentator said: "That's a portal, it allows a craft to travel from one end of the universe to the other in a matter of seconds. Someone made a mistake when entering

our system and basically got caught. What you're seeing is a craft entering not leaving."