Spheremongers

The easiest hoaxes to pull off are those in which an ambiguous photo or low resolution video is blatantly misrepresented as capturing a paranormal event. In this case, UFO hoax channel UFO Mania happened upon video of a Russian art project and suggested it was something extraterrestrial. The Daily Star UK tabloid news site, scouring the dregs of YouTube for clickbait, obliges UFO Mania by selling the story as "Footage of eerie glowing orb spotted in wilderness is baffling viewers." The only "baffling" phenomenon is how people continue to fall for such nonsense.