Self-Described UFO Expert Claims NASA Image Shows a Massive Alien Ship Moving at 'Tremendous Speed'

A solar image that self-described UFO expert Scott C Waring says was captured on 3 October has prompted him to claim that a rectangular white shape is a massive alien ship moving through the solar system at 'tremendous speed'.

Waring, who has long promoted theories about extraterrestrial life, published the claim on his website on 11 October. He said the supposed craft appeared in only one frame, which he interpreted as evidence of rapid movement.

Waring cited Helioviewer.org, which displays solar observations from several sources. NASA and ESA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has previously explained how particles and imaging effects can produce unusual shapes. Those explanations do not establish what appears in Waring's particular image.

How Waring Reads the NASA Image

Waring estimated the supposed craft at around '2.5 miles across and .5 miles wide', equivalent to approximately 4km by 0.8km. Waring did not explain how he calculated those dimensions.

'A ship that large could carry tens of thousands of passengers across the universe in no time', he wrote.

He also suggested the object might employ a 'beam' to 'pull three different smaller orb craft with it'. He claimed that examining the same picture in a negative format revealed the smaller craft, a further interpretation based on altering how the image is displayed.

Waring accused NASA of withholding information, writing, 'This is something NASA will never talk about, never mention to the news or the public...something that is 100% proof that aliens pass through our own solar system daily, while the public is kept in the dark of such things existing.'

Waring's claims about the object's size and speed remain unverified, as there are no confirmed measurements establishing how far it travelled or how quickly it moved. His suggestions that the supposed spacecraft could carry thousands of passengers or smaller craft are also speculative, with no independent evidence supporting them.

Cosmic Rays Complicate the NASA Image Claim

A SOHO explainer published in 2003 describes how high-energy particles from the solar wind and elsewhere can leave marks on image detectors. It refers to 'high energy particles' and 'solar wind', explaining that they can 'produce spots and streaks on the detector ranging from a single pixel, to large streaks that span a large fraction of the image.'

The SOHO explainer also describes people interpreting shapes as spacecraft, although experienced observers recognise them as cosmic rays. Its explanation addresses the assumption that marks in successive pictures represent the same object travelling across the field of view.

'People see a cosmic ray at one location in one image, and then another random cosmic ray hit nearby in the next image, and claim they're both the same thing moving between frames.'

Neither SOHO explanation refers to Waring's image or establishes what caused the shape he identified.

What SOHO's Coronagraph Images Show

A separate SOHO guide explains how its LASCO coronagraphs capture images of the solar corona by blocking direct sunlight. The guide describes features associated with those instruments, although it does not establish that they produced Waring's particular image.

It explained, 'The position of the solar disk is indicated in the images by the white circle. Occasionally, a coronal mass ejection can be seen being expelled away from the Sun and crossing the fields of view of both coronagraphs.'

The guide also explains that a shadow crossing from the lower left corner towards the centre of LASCO images comes from the support for the occulter disk. This describes a known feature of SOHO imagery, rather than establishing the cause of the shape Waring identified.