Russel Crowe can be scheduled to play Superman’s father, Jor-El, inside the upcoming Superman movie reboot Man of Steel, but it surely wasn’t a flying Kryptonian that Crowe spotted outside his Sydney offices this week.

The actor posted a YouTube video to his Twitter account this week, showing what he claims in a real UFO. Crowe stated that he and a chum organize a Cannon 5D outside his office in Sydney to capture images of fruit bats “rising from Botanic Gardens. Instead, three photos taken over 4.5 seconds show something brightly lit passing over the scenery right away.

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Crowe is technically accurate in that the item within the photos is unidentified and looks to be flying. However, dressing the video up with sinister music and peculiar editing to imply an alien presence signifies that the actor is only trolling his Twitter followers.

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The stunt has gained Crowe some attention on Twitter, though. The star has retweeted various stories about his video and has replied to several fan theories together with his own explanations. He even showed that he’s in at the joke by retweeting what’s clearly the very best reason behind the phenomenon:

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