Strange alien UFO was 'one of Putin's deadly World War 3 nuke weapons'

It comes amid growing tensions with NATO following its invasion of the Crimea and its backing of dictator Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war.

During this time on a spectacular bright object was seen falling from the evening sky. It was spotted on November 17 over several cities in Siberia.

Many people thought they were seeing an alien spacecraft.

Footage recorded the spooky object as it plummeted to earth.

But now an expert said he has a plausible explanation which is just as scary as a UFO invasion.

James Oberg, NBC News space consultant on all American, Russian and other foreign space-related issues, said: "It was the twelfth test in a bizarre Russian missile program to develop defence-penetrating warheads."

The missile is a long-range 'stealth' nuclear missile called Topol. It aims to penertrate any NATO missile shield in the event of World War 3.

The test rocket was launched from Russia’s northern test site Plesetsk. It coasted for several minutes and then fired its last stage pushing the warhead downwards into a special radar test range, Mr Oberg told the Huffington Post.

"The plume, then actually higher in the sky, gets to be more than 100 miles long, perhaps 500-600 miles in space before falling back into the atmosphere," he said: 

"Half of the tests have occurred within an hour of sunset.

"For millions of people along the route, a triangle cloud suddenly appears from nowhere and grows for 60 seconds.

"Then the nose flares into a brief spiral and fades away."Putin will soon have the first production prototypes of the next-generation S-500 air defence system, according to reports in Russia.

It comes as tensions between Russia and Turkey grew after Putin’s forces fired a warning shot at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean sea.

And last month Turkey blasted a Russian fighter jet out of the sky.

The S-500 system, dubbed Prometheus, can intercept up to 10 ballistic missiles hurtling towards targets at a speed of 5km a second.

Missiles with a range of 2,200 miles are also said to be part of the system.

It is currently under development by the Russian-based Almaz-Antey arms firm.

On Friday (December 11), Putin ordered his military chiefs to beef up its strategic nuclear forces.

(dailystar.co.uk)