In 2015, a Russian businesswoman snapped a routine selfie during a domestic flight that would soon ignite an international firestorm. Hovering in the background, a terrifying, large-headed figure with sunken obsidian eyes appeared to be traveling among unsuspecting passengers. Tonight, we go beyond the viral headlines and internet folklore to perform a clinical dissection of this high-altitude enigma. Is it a real alien? Or is something else playing tricks on us? The photo is oddly frightening, and seems to corroborate the descriptions of extraterrestrial beings. What did it want? Why was it on that plane? Is there a message here . . . or something more down to earth?

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See the photo here in its original state, before it was badly enhanced:

https://pikabu.ru/story/strannyiy_obekt_na_foto_v_samolete_bliki_prizrak_prishelets_ili_direktor_rentv_3870219

Here is the photo on an American website after it was ruined by too much enhancement, but the 'alien' can still be seen:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/21/russian-woman-believes-she-was-photobombed-by-an-alien-after-post-bizarre-selfie_n_8852504.html

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S5E220 - Olesya Podkorytova Takes a Selfie