Video of 'UFO' getting struck by lightning in Austria goes viral - but is it a hoax?

A spectacular rocket launch lit up the night sky over a World Cup stadium, prompting Russians to joke that aliens had journeyed to earth to watch the football.
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket blazed a trail through the air after it was fired from Plesetsk space centre early on Monday morning.

Footage showed showed an eye-catching display visible from Nizhny Novgorod, where Sweden played South Korea hours later .
Footage showed showed an eye-catching display visible from Nizhny Novgorod, where Sweden played South Korea hours later .
The sight prompted fevered speculation among onlookers.
“Is that a rocket, a fireball or a UFO over Nizhny Novgorod? Talk to me comrades, I’m worried,” wrote one social media user.