An amateur astronomer has captured strange footage of three UFOs appearing to fly in formation in front of the moon.

The footage shows a half moon with craters clearly visible on a cloudless night.

The camera wobbles slightly as three strange disc-shaped objects dart past – with conspiracy theorists suggesting they could be extra-terrestrial objects.

The user who posted the video speculates that the mysterious objects are just three balloons while others believe they could be meteors or satellites.

‘At 1:18 in, 3 objects cross the moon. I THINK it’s some helium balloons someone must’ve released, but can’t confirm,’ wrote the uploader in the video description.

Some users suggested the shapes could be space rocks.

‘Bottom one and the one to the right seem to be shadows of something… meteor maybe?’ wrote user Wheelori814.

The video sent other viewers into a spin, with some speculating that this peculiar footage could be something extraterrestrial.

‘UFOs’ one user called Sergei Simonov wrote.
‘If its legit, than i don’t think those were balloons, why would they send 3 balloons at close range into orbit?’ wrote another YouTube user Moridin.