The MyJewishLearning is weirdly awash in strange videos. (Visit again later today; you’ll see what I mean.) Last week, our Randomly Awesome Things newsletter Jewniverse showed you guys some visions of Jerusalem in the future (including one very bizarre alien invasion).

Well, life imitates art — a few days ago, some (alleged) extraterrestrials paid a visit to Jerusalem’s holy sites.

Last Friday night, a strange object appeared over the Western Wall. It came close to the ground, hovering right above the Dome of the Rock, and then retreating back to wherever it came from.

Here’s a second video from a different vantage point:

According to one commenter on the io9 message board where I first saw this posted, NASA and the Israeli Air Force both reported that it was swamp gas.

What do you think?