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Teens running, police converging and a grey splotch that appears to be moving: Videos from an outdoor mall in Miami stoked wild claims this week on social media that aliens had landed on Earth. But the truth is far more terrestrial.
On Monday, a group of roughly 50 teenagers caused a riot at Bayside Marketplace, an outdoor mall roughly 5 miles from South Beach, according to the Miami Police Department.
The teens were setting off fireworks, which led to a panic as some assumed there was a shooting, said Miami Police Department public information officer Michael Vega. Four teens were arrested.
Police were dispatched āfor crowd control due to the juveniles refusing to leave,ā Vega said in an email to NBC News. āSome businesses were temporarily closed to allow us to clear the area.ā
In the days after the incident, users on social media launched a speculation frenzy, homing in on what they described as āMiami Mall Aliens.ā Some suggested police were responding to aliens, not teenagers. Several people reviewed video of the incident circulating online and claimed they could see an alien figure in the grainy footage. Others quickly posted memes.
www.nbcnews.com
On Monday, a group of roughly 50 teenagers caused a riot at Bayside Marketplace, an outdoor mall roughly 5 miles from South Beach, according to the Miami Police Department.
The teens were setting off fireworks, which led to a panic as some assumed there was a shooting, said Miami Police Department public information officer Michael Vega. Four teens were arrested.
Police were dispatched āfor crowd control due to the juveniles refusing to leave,ā Vega said in an email to NBC News. āSome businesses were temporarily closed to allow us to clear the area.ā
In the days after the incident, users on social media launched a speculation frenzy, homing in on what they described as āMiami Mall Aliens.ā Some suggested police were responding to aliens, not teenagers. Several people reviewed video of the incident circulating online and claimed they could see an alien figure in the grainy footage. Others quickly posted memes.
Aliens at a Miami mall? Police say ālolā
Despite memes and a flurry of speculation online, the Miami Police Department ruled out aliens as a possibility.
www.nbcnews.com
