Conspiracy theorists spot ‘UFOs’ in sky over Spain and claim eerie footage of lights next to double rainbow was ‘warning’ of flooding disaster

Conspiracy theorists have claimed that a cluster of lights spotted near a double rainbow in Spain were ‘UFOs‘ that were sent as a ‘warning’ of the devastating floods that hit the country days later.

Footage shows the unidentified lights darting through the sky over a residential area in Barcelona among the rare twin rainbows.  

As the cameraman zoomed in to get a closer look at these white specs of light, the ‘objects’ can be seen whizzing through the clouds.

The man could be heard saying: ‘What the hell are they?,’ before adding that he believes the lights to be ‘UFOs’.

Many locals said on social media that they believe the conspiracy theory that the lights were genuine ‘UFOs’ and that the sighting was an extraterrestrial ‘warning’ ahead of the devastating storm.

Others suggested they were simply a flock of birds reflecting light, with some Spaniards speculating that it could have been drones.  

The footage was filmed in Barcelona, Spain, just days before the city was battered by the DANA storm that caused the fatal floods.

DANA, also called a cold drop, is a meteorological phenomenon in the Mediterranean region, particularly between June and October.

This phenomenon, which occurs when cold air combines with humid air in the upper atmosphere, is associated with extremely violent downpours and storms.

This year, cold drops have devastated several regions in Spain, particularly the Valencian Community.

The death toll keeps climbing nine days after the floods hit Spain, with more than 200 people confirmed to have died.  

Paiporta has been labeled by Spanish media as the ground zero of the natural disaster that has also left 89 people still missing, while officials say the real figure could be higher.

Over 60 people perished in Paiporta when a wave of water rushed down the Poyo canal that cuts through its center. 

Frustration over the survivors’ sense of abandonment exploded in Paiporta on Sunday when a crowd greeted Spain’s royals and officials with a barrage of mud and other objects.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was rushed away and the royal couple had to eventually cancel the visit after speaking to several distraught neighbors amid a chaotic scene.

The mayor of Paiporta, a middle-class community of 30,000, on Tuesday pleaded for a ‘higher authority’ to step in and take control of her municipality because the floods had made it impossible to go on. 

Mayor Maribel Albalat said all the municipal buildings, from town hall to the local police, had been severely damaged and that many of the local civil servants ‘are in a state of shock.’

‘Paiporta is a strong village, but this overwhelms out capacities as a local administration,’ she said. 

The air-throbbing ‘thup, thup, thup’ of the huge, two-propeller Chinook helicopters that have flown overhead with the arrival of the army has added to the post-apocalyptic atmosphere.

The destruction, however, went far beyond Paiporta and covers a huge swath of municipalities, above all on the southern flank of Valencia city on the Mediterranean coast. Seventy-eight localities had at least one person die from the floods. 

Police have expanded their search to the nearby marshes and coastline, where the waters carried some away.

The residents, businesses and town councils of the affected localities can apply for financial help from a 10.6-billion-euro relief package from Spain’s government. 

The regional Valencia government, which is being slammed for not alerting the populace of the danger in time, has asked the central government in Madrid for 31 billion euros to ensure the recovery.

Over a week later, the cleanup goes on to get rid of tons of mud and debris that clog street after street, filling thousands of ground floors, destroying living rooms and kitchens. 

Neighborhoods were left without shops and supermarkets after all their products were ruined. Many houses still don’t have drinking water.

An impromptu army of volunteers were the first helpers on the ground, shoveling and sweeping away the sticky brown mire covering everything, and helping to start removing pile after pile of debris that made access to cars impossible in many areas.

Authorities eventually mobilized 15,000 soldiers and police reinforcements to help firefighters search for bodies and start extracting thousands of wrecked cars strewn over streets and sunk in canal beds.

At every corner, cars are piled on top of one another or smashed into buildings, light poles, trees and bridge overpasses.