Ramiro Navarro was exploring the sand dunes of Bilbao in Mexico's Coahuila state when he took a selfie that captured a mysterious saucer-like object soaring in the distance

A tourist inadvertently snapped an alleged UFO while taking a selfie at some sand dunes in the desert.

Ramiro Navarro said he didn't notice the mysterious object in the background of his photo for several weeks. He took the snap while visiting the Dunes of Bilbao in Coahuila, Mexico.

Navarro said: "A few weeks ago, I went to the Bilbao Dunes. What do you think? They saw me and did not take me away."

A suspected alien aircraft is seen on the horizon in the background.

One local said: "UFO, of course!"

Dianne commented: "Here where I live, we also saw it. Take me away cousin."

Ramiro asked social media users what they thought it was (Image: Jam Press/Ramiro Navarro)

Frida wrote: "I know people nearby who saw it at the dam, several times already."

Ed joked: "It was me in a Tesla."

It comes after an extraterrestrial hunter snapped new images showed a UFO soaring over the Devon countryside.

The spooky snaps reveal an “alien flying saucer” according to John Mooner who photographed the strange presence, in June.

Mr Mooner said he was scanning the skies for extraterrestrials when he saw the mysterious visitor over the Teign estuary.

“A glint of light instantly caught my eye as something metallic-looking came out from a cloud,” he explained.

“I was completely gobsmacked by what I was seeing.

“It was unmistakably a flying saucer with two black rectangular windows on the dome portion of the craft and four black openings along the bottom part of its structure."

“I could also see some type of force field emanating around it,” he added.

John was able to capture the otherworldly pics on his Nikon P900 digital camera.