Scientists say they can explain these strange shapes that were seen in the Gulf of Mexico

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People have always claimed to see unexplained things in the sky, but now they have cell phones.

And when video footage from Florida went viral, people were left scratching their heads in wonder.

But scientists say that they can explain these strange shapes that were seen in the Gulf of Mexico.

Strange shapes over the Gulf of Mexico

In January, strange shapes were seen in the clouds over the Gulf of Mexico by a group of fishermen from the Florida Keys. 

The Palm Beach Post described them as “sinkholes in the sky, or crop circles in the clouds.”

The strange incident was highlighted by NASA as the “Image of the Day” on February 26.

Video of the phenomenon was captured by the Florida fishermen and published on social media. 

“I’ve never seen clouds like this before. Does anyone know how these forms [sic]? We saw these in the Gulf of Mexico off Key West,” they wrote.

The Post initially didn’t get a lot of interaction, garnering just over 9,000 views. 

But eventually others would grab the video and start to question what exactly was happening in the skies over the Gulf of Mexico.

“Mars Attacks!”, “HAARP”, “They have arrived!”

In a post written by a X user who goes by the name of Concerned Citizen, he challenged the platform’s crowd-sourced Community Notes system to provide an explanation for the phenomenon. 

“What Meteorological Pseudo-Science do you have to explain this one then?” he asked.

Others chimed in suggesting geoengineering, invisible alien spacecraft, or even an attack from a foreign adversary using weather modification technology.

Comments like “Mars Attacks!,” “HAARP,” and “They have arrived!” flooded the comment section. 

One user suggested that he does not trust Community Notes “when it comes to ‘geoengineering.’”

“Yeah, makes sense. The moment community notes wont explain such things imma start believing in aliens,” wrote a user by the name of random person.

But Community Notes quickly knocked down the outlandish theories, pointing out that the shapes were merely the result of “cavum clouds or hole punch clouds.”

“Mother nature is the best artist”

Community Notes explained that these clouds “are a large gap, usually circular or elliptical, that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds” and “are caused by supercooled water in the clouds suddenly evaporating or freezing, and may be triggered by passing aircraft.”

NASA provided a similar explanation on its website, calling it a “well understood” phenomenon.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day

Not all social media users were confused by the video. 

X user Science Girl previously shared the video to her 2 million followers. 

The explanation was nearly identical to the community notes comment. 

“Fallstreak hole, also known as a cavum, is a circular or elliptical gap that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds. . . caused by supercooled water in the clouds suddenly evaporating or freezing, and may be triggered by passing aircraft,” she wrote

One user commented saying that “mother nature is the best artist.”

US Political Daily will keep you updated on any developments to this ongoing story.

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