Why are Arc Raiders players spotting UFOs?

Strange sky sightings and a live update

Players have been sharing clips online of enormous, unexplained objects flying over Arc Raiders’ topside areas. The clips began circulating around the release of the Shrouded Sky update, and the timing has pushed many in the community to ask whether the visuals are an intentional tease, a bug, or an emergent in-game event.

Here’s what is known right now:

• The Shrouded Sky content drop added new environmental conditions and new ARC enemies, including entries called Firefly and Comet.
• Fans noticed footage of very large unidentified flying objects and linked those to Embark Studios’ promotional teases and recent patch notes.
• Players are actively debating whether the clips show a hidden scripted encounter, a cosmetic effect tied to the hurricane event, or an as-yet-unannounced ARC.

Why it matters

The community response shows how live-service games can turn small visual surprises into major conversation points. If those objects are deliberate, Embark can use them to drum up engagement and momentum for future content drops. If they’re a bug, the footage highlights how quickly oddities spread in a multiplayer community and can shape the perception of a patch even when the rest of the update is well-received. Either way, players will be watching developer messages and future patch notes closely to see whether those skyborne mysteries are explained, removed, or incorporated into upcoming story or gameplay additions.