Numerous people have reported unusual cloud sightings in Texas during the past months. The cloud formations closely resemble flying saucers or UFOs, which strengthen beliefs that aliens visit Earth. Meteorologists and other experts, however, have disproved the public's theory and stated that the cloud formations that seem part of an X-Files case are in truth, called lenticular clouds.
Lenticular clouds, which may literally be translated to "resembling the seed of a lentil" is a rare cloud formation that assemble when warm humid air is forced to go up to cooler areas in the sky, where fumes condense into a heavy mist that reduce visibility. These clouds typically form along mountainous areas but it can also appear in locations where there are no mountains. The process involved in lenticular cloud formations is a combination of mechanisms that perfectly occurred together.
Despite statements made by authorities and experts regarding the true identification of the clouds, reports submitted to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) just keep on coming. On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, a citizen presented a similar incident that happened on May 16, 2015.
According to the post featured in the MUFON website, the individual wrote: "It looked like a cloud at first, but its appearance was circular and disappeared before there [sic] eyes." The report was made by the person in behalf of friends, who saw the actual incident.
"It will be cleared out as a lenticular cloud," says Fletcher Gray, MUFON volunteer chief investigator in Texas. He adds that due to combination of the low pressure system, lower temperatures in the upper atmosphere and occurrence of rains and hails lately, the submitted reports pertain to clouds only.
UFO enthusiasts said the sightings are "cloaked UFOs," which occur when the spaceships that travel in disguise as lenticular clouds de-cloaked. A total of 56 UFO sightings reported in the past month are still up for Gray's review at the moment, including a photograph of a green garbage can lid that a guy claimed is a UFO. "You could see the handles on the lid," says Gray. "People think they've got something, and they don't have anything."
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