Josh Marshall, 16, quickly got his camera out and took a video of the weird apparition on a stormy Wednesday night.

He claims it “sort of just appeared” when he was at his friend’s house about 9.20pm.

Josh said: “I’m not sure what it is but it’s not a plane, it’s not a star, and not a satellite.

“I’ve got no idea what else it could be.

“It was quite cool to watch.”

Josh watched it along with his friend’s family until about 10pm, when clouds came over and covered it.

The object did not really move, but the stars seemed to move around it, Josh said.

Footage shows the UFO getting smaller and brighter in Blenheim, New Zealand.

Josh added that there was a lightning storm the same night, after he spotted the UFO, and he wonders if the two were connected.

Wellington Astrological Society member John Homes has reviewed the footage and is as confused as Josh.

He has ruled out it being Venus because it has a dark hole in the middle.