Cape Town

An unusual phenomenon took people when a strange red formation was spotted over Cape Town that resembled a UFO. A video of this weird incident stormed social media platforms. Discussions regarding the spotting of UFOs have always gained significant attention, and this event was no different.

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What did the clip contain?

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A 12-second clip of Cape Town was shared in which people could be seen carrying out their daily tasks without paying much heed to the giant red formation in the sky. It was a smokey red cloud-like structure that was shaped like a reversed tornado that people mistook for an alien-related phenomenon.

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How did people react?

Within a few hours of this event, several interesting discussions  spiked on X (formerly known as Twitter). The inverted tornado-shaped red formation appeared like a "giant socket wrench" to some, while others thought that it looked like an "alien spaceship". As people continued to engage with this post, it gained millions of views over a short period.

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If not a UFO, what was it?

Putting an end to all the speculations, a user wrote on X that it was a Lenticular cloud. When winds from the same or similar directions blow across hills and mountains and the air is steady, such kind of clouds are formed. Nature continues to amaze one and all with such phenomena that are not much known to many.

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What is Nephology?

Instances that are quite rare in occurrence make the public believe that such events cannot be proved scientifically and they attribute it to non-earth entities. This is when experts come into the picture and they explain events from a scientific point of view. Nephology is the study of cloud and cloud formations that help understand the wonders of nature like what was observed in Cape Town. 

(With inputs from agencies)