Glowing orange and eerily still, the hovering UFO cast silent shadows over the coast, leaving townspeople whispering in fear.

The object is said to have hovered above the village for a couple of minutes until it simply vanished

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Brightly-lit orange UFO filmed hovering over French coastal town leaves residents baffled

A UFO has been spotted hovering over Normandy in France.

“The object hovered above the village for a couple of minutes until it simply vanished.

“The cellphone of his friend just died out minutes before the object disappeared.”

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But some commenters doubted the footage.

One said: “Fires on a hillside, obscured by mist/fog/haze.”

“I believe there a mountain in the background and those are fires.

“Try using your head people.”

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