The opening of Dubai’s Museum of the Future is now only four days away, but it seems the future has already landed at the museum.
Social media was abuzz Friday night after a video began circulating of a UFO landed on the stunning downtown museum, already being called the world’s most beautiful building.
Dubai Media Office released the footage, that caused many to speculate over whether it was real. After all, anything is possible in Dubai–though it’s likely CGI.
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The video shows the upper segment of the building opening up with a UFO spacecraft landing safely inside on some sort of pad.
In the video, traffic continues on normally down Sheikh Zayed Road as the UFO descends.
Many have speculated over what the UFO ship might be, but no one yet has been able to identify it.
The video is being used as promotional material to promote the opening of Museum of the Future on February 22, 2022 (aka 2/22/22), meaning it’s likely computer generated imagery. Judge for yourself!
What is the Museum of the Future?
So, if not aliens, what’s inside the museum, anyways? To answer it simply, it’s the year 2071. Yep—the museum is set 100 years after the founding of the UAE, showing scenarios of what the future could be like, covering resource development, bioengineering, futuristic ecosystems, as well as the future of health, wellness and even spirituality.
There are also space-themed exhibitions, including New Moon, which shows how the moon may be used as a source of renewable energy in the future.
Tickets will be AED 145, and are already available to book here. If you’re bringing anyone under the age of 3, or you are a person of determination or an Emirati over the age of 60, great news, as tickets are free.
The building itself is also futuristic—it’s powered by 4,000 megawatts of pure solar energy.