Why Did Twitter Try to Censor #UFOAttackToTurkey After Massive UFO Sighting over Turkey This Weekend?

Is Turkey testing out a new kind of aircraft/weaponry or running a military exercise they don’t want people to know about?

Dozens of people reportedly witnessed UFOs in the skies above at least 12 major Turkish cities this weekend followed by reports of a loud explosion sound or sonic boom.

The sightings and the sound was caught on camera by numerous people:

It’s trending, so I’m jumping on the bandwagon ? UFO of some kind, hovering around Turkey, eh? Hmmm… trending: #ufoattacktoturkey pic.twitter.com/bi3y6T8zws

— Terra Poisson (@MileHiConscious) November 28, 2016

Newest #ufoattacktoturkey images from Twitter pic.twitter.com/BLgAPRcx9G

— Secure Team (@SecureTeam10) November 28, 2016

Here’s the boom noise. WARNING: this is extremely loud, so you might want to turn your speakers down a little before hitting play, otherwise your eardrums will hate you.

Ufo saldırıları eve sıçradı , an itibarı ile eskişehir : #ufoattacktoturkey pic.twitter.com/IZcOXG7Z4g

— Eren Doğan (@erendoganss) November 27, 2016

But as soon as the hashtag #UFOAttacktoTurkey started trending first at #1 in Turkey and then #8 globally, Twitter apparently started censoring it, taking down Tweets with videos and pictures.

#ufoattacktoturkey was trending #8 worldwide then 1 second later it’s gone #WTH

— Chad Gall (@chadgall65) November 28, 2016

#ufoattacktoturkey is #1 trending in Turkey but searches reveal only a handful of results #tweetsuppression knock it off Twitter

— shanetheclassic (@shanetheclassic) November 28, 2016

Twitter is censoring #ufoattacktoturkey pic.twitter.com/ryVs08I4ac

— TBets™ (@KingTBets) November 28, 2016

First removing #ufoattacktoturkey from the trending section, now Youtube videos are disappearing by the second..smh…It’s time to wake up!!

— Parisa Nickbon (@booo89) November 28, 2016

#ufoattacktoturkey trending when twitter starts to block images from being uploaded something’s up.

— Phillip Brown (@MrPhillipBrown) November 28, 2016

Some people reported that their videos with the hashtag were pulled from YouTube as well.

It was speculated that the sightings corresponded to a military exercise.

Strangely, a similar looking set of lights was spotted in the skies above Jonesboro, Texas near the Ft. Hood military base.

Just sighted near Jonesboro Texas – Related to #ufoattacktoturkey ? pic.twitter.com/doHbXbAJwM

— Secure Team (@SecureTeam10) November 28, 2016

Whatever is really going on here, we aren’t being told about it.

No matter what, if it was really just some hoax or fake, why would Twitter go to such massive lengths to block uploads, remove posts, and shut down a trending hashtag?