By  Joshua Gardner

PUBLISHED: 23:56 EST, 4 June  2013 |  UPDATED: 00:42  EST, 5 June 2013

A video currently making the rounds on the  web appears to show an unidentified flying object diving headlong into the  smoldering caldera of a Mexican volcano.

Popocatepetl, an active volcano in the Puebla  state of southern Mexico, was being recorded by media company

Televisa the evening of May 30 when a  light-emitting and fast-flying object appeared to make a quick left turn in  order to fly directly into the top of the erupting mountain.

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Hot air? Footage taken May 30 of an active Mexican  volcano appears to show an unidentified, rapidly flying object fly directly into  the smoldering caldera

And this isn’t the first time video footage  has shown suspicious activity near Popocatepetl.

In November, footage—also from  Televisa—showed a cigar shaped object appear to take a nose dive directly into  the 18,000 foot volcano 40 miles south of Mexico city.

The latest video appears to be something a  lot more aircraft-like, however. The object seems to make a conscious decision  to quickly slow down and plunge into the smoky-filled hole.

The Huffington  Post reached out  to a U.S. government contractor who also runs a UFO website to get his take on  the May 30 footage.

 

Maneuverable: The brightly lit object starts from far  off, but veers quickly, and perhaps even purposefully into the fiery depths  after slowly down in a blink of an eye

‘What I think is that this is not a likely  fake. I think, for the moment, this is a genuine image capture,’ said Marc  Dantonio. ‘This is a low light camera (which) allows the volcanologists studying  the footage to see any incandescence on the flank of the volcano in night shots.  As such, any brighter lights that are captured will appear very bright, as the  one planet/star indicates.’

Myth? Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano lies 40 miles south  of Mexico City and is very active. It is named for a man of Aztec legend who  became an angry volcano after losing his love

But that doesn’t mean the video analysts  believes this is a true UFO sighting. He told Huffpo the appearance of the  object veering into the volcano is just a trick of perspective.

‘I am leaning toward the object being a  captured commercial jet passing through the field of view,’ he  said.

As for the 2012, cigar UFO, Dantonio said  that one, at least, may have actually come from outer space.

‘It is a particularly brilliant meteor and  likely was moving much more slowly than typical meteors. In my view,’ he said,  ‘it meets all the criteria.’

For those still holding out hope, a 24-hour  webcam monitors Popocatepetl,  allowing any couch conspiracy theorist to observe the mysterious mountain and  watch for phenomenal occurrences from the comfort of their own home.

Tourist spot? Popocatépetl has been the site of UFO  sightings before. In 2012, video appeared to show a cigar-shaped object making a  similar nosedive into the crater

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