UFO or drone? 'Flying cylinder' spotted soaring over New York City's LaGuardia Airport baffles passenger

A woman has claimed that she witnessed a possible UFO while flying in a passenger airplane over New York City.

Michelle Reyes shared the video online, which she capture from the window seat, showing a 'flying cylinder' whizz by as she traveled over LaGuardia Airport.

She told NewsNation that she observed the black object moving at high speeds - much faster than the airplane - and that another passenger had also witnessed it.

A UFO expert analyzed the clip, determining no evidence that the video was fake or a hoax - but some have suggested the object was a drone. 

Michelle Reyes spoke NewsMax 's Ashleigh Banfield about the mysterious object she spotted while flying over New York City

'The first thing I did was email the FAA to let them know what I saw,' Reyes told NewsMax's Ashleigh Banfield, noting she has yet to receive a response.

She also sent the footage to Enigma Labs and the National UFO database.

Reyes also shared the clip with her father, a former member of the US Navy, who speculated the object could be a drone - but he said the close proximity to the airplane was very surprising.

Ben Hansen, who hosts Discovery's UFO Witness, appeared on NewsNation to weigh in on what could have been captured in the video.

'I found no evidence that she faked this or hoaxed it,' said Hansen.

'I didn't from the beginning, but we had to run it through the proper data analysis.

She told NewsNation that she observed the black object moving at high speeds - much faster than the airplane - and that another passenger had also witnessed it

'It's there, it's very clear, which is unusual.'

He continued to suggest that the object was not that far from the airplane.

Viewers of the video had suggested it was nothing more than an insect caught on camera, but Hansen noted that the airplane had to be flying at more than 200 miles per hour because it had recently taken off from the airport.

'It passes at a seventh of a second and is present in five frames of the video,' he explained.

Reyes also told NewsNation that another passenger had also noticed the object.

'It's a little nerve-wracking that someone else saw what I saw,' she said. 

Reyes had shared the video on her social media last month, but it appeared to have been 'stolen' and reposted by others as if they were her friend.