Claudie Haigneré, 59, France's first female astronaut and the first European woman on the International Space Station, allegedly screamed “Earth must be warned!” before she attempted suicide.

The claim has been made on conspiracy theory websites wich published a strange video with the reported exclamation.

While she did attempt suicide, critics claim a video doing the has blended fact with fiction to create the strange alien warning theory.

And, speaking for the first time about the allegations in the viral video, Dr Haigneré branded it nothing more than a hoax.