A viral video circulating on social media shows a jellyfish-shaped unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) hovering in the sky near a US military base in Anchorage, Alaska. The footage was originally captured by Sarah Jane, a resident of the area, “who opened the camera on her phone to film a rainbow.
While the original footage was captured in June 2025, it has once again gained widespread attention on social media.
Witness Account
The mysterious jellyfish-shaped object was filmed appearing to move through the sky near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), a US military installation that houses air defense units. Osborne and her husband spotted the object while driving along Sixth Avenue in Anchorage. The footage was captured at approximately 10:13 PM local time. Due to Alaska’s long summer daylight hours, the sky remained bright despite the late hour.
She said she initially mistook it for a mosquito before realizing that what appeared to be a much larger object was moving across the sky. She also said the object seemed to be slowly rotating with several appendages that appeared to move independently of one another. According to her account, the object disappeared from view after approximately three minutes. The couple drove around the surrounding area in an attempt to locate it again. However, they found no further trace of the mysterious object.
A giant, jellyfish-shaped unidentified object reportedly filmed hovering in the direction of a US military base in Alaska before vanishing from sight within minutes pic.twitter.com/n7dAlWzWD5
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Skepticism
In response to Osborne’s account, several people suggested that the object could simply be a kite or a drone. Social media users pointed out that multi-tentacled parafoil kites were commonly used by hobbyists. The area also has open parks and kite-flying clubs nearby. However, according to the couple, their search of the surrounding area revealed neither fallen debris nor anyone operating a drone.
Some users also suggested that the footage might have been generated using artificial intelligence. Osborne shut down these claims by stating that she also captured a continuous burst of high-resolution photographs taken milliseconds apart while simultaneously recording the video.
The Pentagon has not officially confirmed the sighting, and no verified evidence has established that the object entered military airspace.
