A glowing object that many called a ‘UFO’ was spotted soaring through the skies over Cambridgeshire last night (September 27).

A March resident even managed to capture it on camera.

The witness posted photographs of the glowing sight in a local March Facebook group just after 10pm yesterday, adding that it had not made a sound as it moved through the sky.

As speculation increased in the comments, one person joked: “Aliens are coming”.

Another March resident, referring to the supply issues at British petrol stations wrote: “Probably looking for fuel.”

On a similar note, another added: “Aliens checking to see if we have any fuel!!”.

Other comments on the post hinted at the actual origin of the object.

It is thought the object is related to the United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket in the US (Image: Jake Stockbridge)
One commenter said: “Yes I see that and I’m in Somerset”, while another added: “Was seen all over the country apparently, people saying it’s a rocket that NASA launched”.

Last night, HullLive reported that an object – which looks very similar to that photographed in Cambridgeshire – was spotted across Hull and East Yorkshire.

The article states: “It is thought the object is related to the United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in the US today.

“The rocket successfully carried Landsat 9 — a NASA satellite meant to help monitor Earth’s land and coastal regions — into orbit before separating and moving to a lower orbit to deploy rideshare Cubesats.”

The Mirror also reports that the ‘UFO’ was spotted over Northumberland, and confirmed that it was indeed related to the Atlas V rocket.

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A Northumberland resident described spotting the object to The Mirror and said that it looked like “an angel and it was bright white.”

However, she added: “As soon as I got home I checked what it could have been and realised it was the NASA Landsat-9 satellite which had launched in California.”

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11.12am local time (7.12pm GMT) on Monday.