Strange, shiny object in sky seen by Pakistani pilot wasn't a UFO: scientist Pakistan Sat, Jan 30, 2021 Punjab University space scientist Javed Sami just confirmed that the strange, shiny object seen by a PIA pilot in the sky during a domestic flight earlier this week He explained that commercial pilots often observe such clouds. They are stationary clouds that often look like a lens or saucer. Videos of the 'UFO' cloud had gone viral on social media earlier this week after a PIA pilot taking a flight from Karachi to Lahore reported a 'rare sighting f a very shiny, saucer-shaped' object he believed could be a UFO.