UFO watchers claim that  aliens, acting as protective guardian angels, blasted the oncoming meteor to minimize the threat because their our fweeends. According to the Daily Mail: “The meteorite that crashed on Russia was hit by an unidentified flying object causing it to explode and shatter over the Urals. UFO enthusiasts insist a small ‘object’ can be seen colliding with the meteorite on its trajectory through the atmosphere, despite the fact there were no reports of Russia launching missiles to down the celestial intruder.” Alexander Komanev, coordinator for the Russian UFO community in Yekaterinburg claimed that in the weeks before the meteorite, there was an upsurge in UFO sightings in the Urals, followed by none at all since the incident.