UFO enthusiasts thought they’d hit the jackpot when strange lights were seen hovering next to the World Trade Center in New York City.

People poured out of bars along the Hudson River to witness the object that circled above Manhattan for about 30 minutes on Saturday night.

But no one got abducted — the whole thing was an elaborate (and expensive) PR stunt.

A replica of the spaceship from Star Trek: Discovery was launched into the sky to celebrate the Sunday premiere.

It was put together with LED lights and hung from a Black Hawk helicopter so it blended in with night sky.

The USS Discovery flew from City Vineyard at Pier 46 and out to the George Washington Bridge.

It was put together by Remarkable Media, a firm responsible for a similar stunt for the MTV Video Music Awards last year.

Meanwhile, people in California were actually treated to what they believe was a true UFO show.

Freaked-out Los Angeles residents saw a weird crescent flying over them on Saturday night.

People in Huntington Beach, California, witnessed it too.

One person posted on Twitter: ‘We totally just saw UFO over Los Angeles! crazy crescent wing out of light, sputtered slowly, then zoomed outta here! That was nuts.’

Others joked about it being one of Kim Jong-Un’s missiles.

Earlier this week, conspiracy theorists were lining up to warn us of hidden Planet X, which for obvious reasons was not been detected by Nasa.

They claimed it was going to smash into the planet, wiping out the human race and nearly all life on Saturday.

The Nibiru theory, as it is known, is a doomsday prediction based on biblical texts which some people claim predict the end of the world.

The passage Revelation 12:1 reads: ‘A great sign appeared in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head.

‘And being with child, she cried out in her travail and was in anguish of delivery.’

Conspiracy theorist and researcher David Meade this passage is proof that none of us were going to see the sunrise on Sunday.

He claims the ‘sign appearing in heaven’ refers to the solar eclipse which took place last month, and that the recent hurricanes which have devastated the Caribbean are proof that a cosmic ballet is ushering in the end of the world.

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by Oliver McAteer

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