Is this a flying saucer? (Picture Facebook)

Is this a flying saucer which crashed into Lake Winnipeg last week? Or is it something much more boring, like a hot air balloon?

And why do UFO hunters never seem to have a good camera to hand when their big moment comes?

Conspiracy sites have gone wild over a photo said to be of army snowmobiles pulling a huge disc out of an icy lake in Canada – posted on Facebook by the oddly named ‘Brent Mancheese’.

The photo in question, Latest UFO Sightings reports, was taken by an eyewitness whose camera has since been destroyed, almost certainly by the Men in Black.




The site says, ‘Allegedly, vehicles of the Canadian Military were lined up on the north shore. Taking pictures in the scene was strictly prohibited, and the army even issued a threat to anybody who tried to do so. Lots of eyewitnesses were in the area.

‘These witnesses apparently saw a round object being hauled across the lake and pulled out by snowmobiles and bombardier. Eight fishermen reported the incident, but Mancheese wonders why the authorities did not let the media know if it was a plane crash.

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‘At least one witness managed to get a photo of the craft. Unfortunately, that person has since been detained by the Canadian military.

The Canadian military has said that the ‘UFO’ was, in fact, an aircraft with vertical take-off capability.

But the conspiracy sites aren’t buying that…