Along with being a useful route finding tool, Google Maps is growing in popularity amongst users set on sourcing the globe for out of the ordinary sightings. Recently some viewers noticed a particularly paranormal feature of the technology, which has got users wondering what it could be suggesting. One user posted to Reddit to reveal their alien discovery. They pointed out that when the bird-eye version of Street View is focussed over Area 51 , in Nevada, United States, the users mouse suddenly transforms into a UFO.

Users were taken aback to notice their usually white arrow transform into a little green man sat in his silver disc-like spaceship.

Area 51 is a highly-classified secret space of land in the Arizona desert , operated by the US military, and rumoured to be the home of an alien facility.

Conspiracy theories are rife, speculating regarding its true use, with a group of eager alien enthusiasts recently plotting to storm the facility in hopes of uncovering the truth.

Some theories include that the government are holding captured life forms from far-flung planets inside.

However, the alien symbol employed by Google may have less to do with uncovering the spooky truth and more to do with the recent “Area 51 Invasion” plotted by social media users.