Forget about Roswell,
Hundreds of people gathered along Rio de Janeiro famous Copacabana beach last night to watch what appeared to be a colourful UFO traversing the sky.

The seven-metre light show, an urban work of art created by American Peter Coffin, is called "Untitled (UFO)," .

This was the second time Coffin has shown his creation to a sea of thousands of cheering people, taking pictures of what will most likely be their closest flying saucer sighting.

The "Untitled (UFO)" first flight was in Gdansk, Poland, in July of last year.

Coffin said he and his partners at the Open Art's project chose Rio de Janeiro because of its unique natural beauty and plethora of extra-terrestial sightings.

Peter Coffin, American artist who designed "Untitled UFO":
"It is a strange thing to make a UFO because you expect a UFO to be unreal but it is kind of part of the artist responsibility to make the things that are invisible, make the things that we aspire to see or want to believe in."

The project's sponsors encouraged people to take pictures which will be used to create a photo exhibit.

Coffin's travelling art exhibit is expected to be released in another city in the next few months but date and location information is eyes-only.

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