UFO experts claimed that a video taken by NASA showed multiple alien vessels hovering near the Space Shuttle Columbia during its STS-75 mission. One expert even speculated that the aliens may have predicted the tragic accident that destroyed NASA’s spacecraft.

The video of the alleged UFO sighting was shared by the YouTube channel Of Sound Mind and Body. According to the owner of the channel, the video was taken during STS-75, which was the 19th mission of NASA’s Columbia orbiter. The mission was officially launched in 1996.

As the spacecraft moved over the planet, it came across several bright objects hovering just above Earth. The objects were of different sizes and many of them appeared to be flashing. After NASA saw the footage, it referred to the image as a bed of diamonds due to the bright objects.

According to Scott Waring of ET Data Base, the objects were part of a UFO fleet that was observing the space shuttle.

“Filmed during the STS 75 mission launched on Feb 22, 1996 when an entire UFO fleet shows up behind the space shuttle,” he wrote in a blog post. “The Columbia space shuttle was in orbit around Earth when they noticed these diamond-like craft shimmering below them.”

Waring then claimed that the UFOs may have been observing NASA and Columbia’s missions for quite a while. He then said that the aliens who operated the objects knew that the spacecraft would encounter a fatal accident during its future mission. Waring noted that the aliens were able to learn about the incident through time travel.

The accident that Waring referred to occurred during STS-107, which was launched in 2003. As Columbia entered Earth’s atmosphere, it suddenly exploded and disintegrated. All seven of the spacecraft’s crew members died during the incident.

“This was the 19th mission of the shuttle Columbia, which means this shuttle was being watched by aliens closely due to them knowing the future of this spacecraft,” Waring stated. “You see, alien knew this shuttle would explode on its 28th mission, killing all seven crew members on Feb 1, 2003.”

“Aliens are ancient and have been around millions of years before us, some billions of years,” he added. “Time travel is just one of the doors opened when they discovered faster than light travel.”

NASA space shuttle Atlantis
In this handout image provided by NASA, space shuttle Atlantis is seen in Earth orbit over the Bahamas just before docking for the last time with the International Space Station, July 10, 2011. NASA via Getty Images