{"id":11451,"date":"2015-11-11T07:48:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=11451"},"modified":"2015-11-11T07:53:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:53:32","slug":"ufo-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/ufo-clouds","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;UFO Clouds&#8221; Really Do Exist. Here&#8217;s How They Are Formed."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The next day, residents in Cape Town, South Africa, reported seeing strange clouds. A few people captured images of what looked like &#8220;UFO&#8221; shaped clouds and joked that the world was being invaded by aliens. The scene was eye-catching.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11452\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/6926916-3x2-700x467-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/6926916-3x2-700x467-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/6926916-3x2-700x467-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/6926916-3x2-700x467-1-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.24horas.cl\/incoming\/article1841818.ece\/ALTERNATES\/w1024h768\/nubes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Nothing to fear<\/h2>\n<p>No, it was not a scene from a summer blockbuster movie nor was it as a fleet of UFOs. It was just what scientists call lenticular clouds. These types of clouds form when strong, high and humid winds blow over rough areas like valleys or mountains such as the Table Mountain (3,500 feet or 1,066-meter high) overlooking Cape Town. As the winds blow, the sky forms disk-shaped clouds that develop perpendicular to the direction of the air flow. Meteorologist Daniel Peck said that\u00a0these clouds were unique and that they were also reported in Texas earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11453\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/CTUZ9USXAAE6BFU.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"708\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/CTUZ9USXAAE6BFU.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/CTUZ9USXAAE6BFU-85x41.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CTUZ9USXAAE6BFU.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11454\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/201511_164802.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/201511_164802.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/201511_164802-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/201511_164802-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.enca.com\/enca\/201511_164802.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/pluto\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0A NASA Spacecraft Flies By Pluto For The First Time In History.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strange cloud formation in Cape Town, South Africa, had some people wondering whether the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;UFO Clouds&quot; Really Do Exist. 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