A man captured footage of a UFO flying over a small US town which made his wife “cry”.

Taking to Reddit, the shocked bloke shared the video recorded on Friday (September 6) between 10.10 and 10.15pm. The clip shows what appears to be a blinking craft zipping over the tiny town of Choteau, Montana, which has a population of just over 1,700 people.

It comes as Montana was highlighted as a hotspot for extraterrestrial sightings, with visitors often flagging reportings of UFOs.

“On Friday night my wife and I were sitting on the deck out back looking at the stars – we do this every night,” wrote the man on Reddit, who goes by the handle ‘PoneThePoon’.

The post added: “Just after 10pm my wife said "is that a shooting star??", which I found odd, because if it was I wouldn't have time to look at it. The tree near me was blocking the direction she was staring so I got up and looked, and my jaw dropped.”

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