Mystery of the orange substance invading from skies in one of the world's most remote spots

A strange orange substance raining down from the skies has left villagers in one of the world’s most remote areas mystified.

The alien invader was found in rain buckets in Kivalina, an Eskimo community in Alaska, and floating in the harbour, creating 100ft-by-10ft swathes of what one resident described as ‘bright neon orange’.

The news attracted all the townspeople, keen to get a glimpse of the phenomenon that covered much of the harbor and then began washing ashore on Wednesday.