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Image from amateur video shot over Bolotnaya Square in Moscow Saturday.
Just what was that thing hovering over Moscow's Bolotnaya Square on Saturday? There was a demonstration by a reported 25,000 pro-democracy protesters, angry about alleged election fraud by the party of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Several of them shot video of police helicopters hovering overhead, and something else as well. Take a look:
As often happens, European and American media jumped on the story, though they generally were careful to put a little distance between themselves and the idea of a genuine UFO. The U.K.'s Daily Mail: