UFOs Cause Global Selfie Craze: Everyone Wants a Snap with a Spaceship!

Step aside Kardashians, everyone’s newest obsession isn’t a well-pruned Instagram account or an exclusive yacht party—it’s UFOs! That’s right—Alien Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs as we love to abbreviate, are the freshest and hippest trend sweeping across the globe.

From Liverpool to Jakarta, Santiago to Tokyo, hand-held devices are all aimed skyward, as selfie-seekers yearn for a once-in-a-lifetime moment with an extraterrestrial spaceship. This, dear reader, is no longer a province of sci-fi nerds and doomsday preppers. UFOs are mainstream now!

Last week in Soho, New York, where trends don’t just start, but explode with vigor unseen since the Apollo 11 launch, choked streets went silent as waiters dropped their trays, taxi cabs halted, and even the most poker-faced hipsters peeked from their artisanal coffee shops. All snapped away as an emerald glow descended upon the city. The resulting selfies were as dazzling as they were puzzling.

Meanwhile, in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, for once, wasn’t the star of the show, toppled from its ‘most preferred selfie backdrop’ title by a UFO as radiant as the finest Camembert. Parisians didn’t just say ‘fromage’ for the camera; they said ‘extraterrestre’!

A viral picture from an Australian beach illustrated two surfer dudes, tanned and grinning, with a spaceship shimmering in the background. Casually captioned “Just another day Down Under with our space mates”, the image received an outpouring of likes, shares, and comments, with strings of alien and spaceship emojis taking over.

The phenomenon isn’t limited to our blue planet’s earthly citizens. On board the International Space Station, Astronaut Bella Johnson turned her usual Zero-G daily life vlogs into “Hangs with Extraterrestrials!” She disguises research instruments as ‘baby UFOs,’ amusing her followers with silly antics that hint at sisterhood with spaceling beings.

Critics might scoff, shaking their heads at another frivolous trend dumbed down by humanity’s obsession with celebrity culture and clickbait fodder. From ‘planking’ to the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge,’ and now ‘UFO selfie craze,’ one might quip, “What’s next? Hotdog legs with Bigfoot?”

Nevertheless, the excitement is unabated, and, dare we say, justified? After all, how often does one have the chance to brush shoulders or, in this case, touch screens, with an otherworldly being?

Even renowned scientists, usually the bulwark against public hysteria, are surprisingly silent on the matter. Some hint at their own pursuit of a UFO-laden selfie. There are whispers of renowned physicist Dr. Archibald Halley spending late nights on his terrace, phone aloft, trying to lure a UFO closer with smartphone light like a modern-day moth catcher.

The pandemic age taught us that even in isolation, we can find common strangeness to unite us, fueling our innate curiosity and reminding us of the universe’s infinite grandeur. So, who are we to blame the masses wanting a tangible, or at least digital, remembrance of their close encounter?

As celebrities jump on the trend and politicians evade uncomfortable questions about the veritable invasion of privacy from our galactic neighbors, ‘UFO selfies’ become another bizarre yet fascinating phenomenon of the times we live in.

To every trend, there often comes an earth-shattering conclusion. Will we finally have our definitive proof of extraterrestrial life, or will it all vanish into thin air, leaving us with just pixels and the lingering smell of space exhaust?

As the UFO selfie craze continues to escalate worldwide, one thing is clear: The stars have truly aligned for selfies to take on new, interstellar heights! It’s an extraordinary time to be alive and clicking. Let’s capture this cosmic ride together. An adventure with aliens? Now that’s Instagram gold!