A mysterious UFO has been spotted during a dramatic lightning storm over South Africa in intriguing scenes akin to the alien invasion movie, District 9.

Footage recorded in Johannesburg, where Neil Blomkamp's acclaimed 2009 film is set, captures a fierce electrical storm over the city last month.

At one point, as a lightning strike illuminates the sky, a black, stationary object is visible for a moment amidst the flashes in the dark.

The object disappears with the flash, but before it goes out of sight, a small ball of light can be seen in the top left section of the 'craft'.

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