Mysterious ?UFO? crossing the sky over NYC sparks talk of aliens ? but there?s an explanation

Count this Unidentified Flying Object as identified.

A mysterious orb of light with a sprawling, glowing tail was spotted soaring across the Big Apple skies early Tuesday morning, igniting theories that aliens were preparing to touch down.

Conspiracists were right: the strange object was, in fact, a spaceship — but not the kind with little green men inside.