Bizarre black ring in sky stops Kansas motorcyclist in tracks: 'I ain't ever seen nothing like that'

[1srelluc]

MSN

BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. – The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation.

The bizarre phenomenon was spotted by Bonner Springs resident Frankie Camren on Monday afternoon while on a motorcycle ride, which was abruptly halted by the unusual anomaly hanging in the air on a nearby county road.

"I just pulled over," Camren recounted in an interview with FOX Weather. "I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that."

Camren captured the strange occurrence on video, noting that the center of the ring was intensely dark, and smoke appeared to be swirling around it.

"Can somebody tell me what the (expletive) is this?" he can be heard saying in the clip. "And I'm not using no app … it appears that little black stuff has fallen down the center of it."

The video was later reviewed by the FOX Forecast Center, where meteorologists offered a likely explanation. According to their analysis, the rare smoke ring was most likely the result of some type of explosion. They likened it to the formation of a mushroom cloud, where rapidly rising air traps smoke in a ring-like formation because it is moving faster than the surrounding air.

Reminds me of a front page article of years back about UFOs in our local paper.

It showed an old guy that worked nights at the local dairy standing in bib overalls, pointing at a mountain, and saying "It's the damnist thing I ever did see".

Come to find out some kids got ahold of some reflective line paint the state had stored under a bridge and painted a huge flat rock on the side of the mountain, when the light from a full moon hit the rock it glowed.

It was quite the attraction for a while.

 

[lg325]

If it is not fake I go with a flock of birds I have seen huge flocks do some wild things in unison. Mostly Finches and BlackBirds.

 

[odanny]

Someone ripped a huge bong hit and made a smoke ring for the ages.

 

[luiza]

HERE IS YOUR LIKELY ANSWER

While it looks super-weird, the black ring phenomenon is actually fairly common :-

A similar one with a diameter of around 100 metres was seen almost 2 km above the ground in Kazakhstan last April, said to be caused by a nearby factory.

And last year, one appeared in the sky above a town in the UK.

"A similar black ring caused a sensation last year when British schoolgirl Georgina Heap recorded video of the phenomenon on her smartphone,"9News Reports "'The 'Black Ring of Leamington Spa' was eventually traced to a fireworks test at nearby Warwick Castle, located in the county town of Warwickshire."

 

[Sunsettommy]

Smoke rings have been observed many times, but that is unusually big which is why it is getting a lot of discussion.

 

[ReinyDays]

MSN

BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. – The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation.

The bizarre phenomenon was spotted by Bonner Springs resident Frankie Camren on Monday afternoon while on a motorcycle ride, which was abruptly halted by the unusual anomaly hanging in the air on a nearby county road.

"I just pulled over," Camren recounted in an interview with FOX Weather. "I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't ever seen nothing like that."

Camren captured the strange occurrence on video, noting that the center of the ring was intensely dark, and smoke appeared to be swirling around it.

"Can somebody tell me what the (expletive) is this?" he can be heard saying in the clip. "And I'm not using no app … it appears that little black stuff has fallen down the center of it."

The video was later reviewed by the FOX Forecast Center, where meteorologists offered a likely explanation. According to their analysis, the rare smoke ring was most likely the result of some type of explosion. They likened it to the formation of a mushroom cloud, where rapidly rising air traps smoke in a ring-like formation because it is moving faster than the surrounding air.

Reminds me of a front page article of years back about UFOs in our local paper.

It showed an old guy that worked nights at the local dairy standing in bib overalls, pointing at a mountain, and saying "It's the damnist thing I ever did see".

Come to find out some kids got ahold of some reflective line paint the state had stored under a bridge and painted a huge flat rock on the side of the mountain, when the light from a full moon hit the rock it glowed.

It was quite the attraction for a while.

The sciency word for this is a toroid ...

Here's what that meteorologist is talking about:

 

[Care4all]

The sciency word for this is a toroid ...

Here's what that meteorologist is talking about:

But is there a volcano in Kansas to make the ring? Or even a smoke stack that could have released the ring nearby?

 

[1srelluc]

But is there a volcano in Kansas to make the ring? Or even a smoke stack that could have released the ring nearby?

What with it being that black it must have been another dairy farm explosion.

Over 18,000 Cows Killed In 'Devastating' Texas Dairy Farm Explosion​

Over 18,000 Cows Killed In 'Devastating' Texas Dairy Farm Explosion

The disposal of the thousands of cattle carcasses from the dairy farm is expected to take at least a few weeks.

knewz.com

 

[Muhammed]

They make smoke ring contraptions.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It's must have been a bug on the cameral lens

 

[fncceo]

 

[luiza]

LENTICULAR CLOUD FORMATION

There's your other explanation . Very common in meteorological terms


Lenticular clouds are stationary, lens-shaped clouds that typically form in the troposphere, often in mountainous areas where stable air currents are forced to rise over peaks. They are characterized by their distinctive saucer-like appearance, resembling lentils, and are usually aligned perpendicular to the wind direction. These clouds can appear quite striking, sometimes described as looking like UFOs or stacks of pancakes. Their formation occurs when moist air cools and condenses, creating smooth cloud patterns.

See Moscow example

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[ReinyDays]

LENTICULAR CLOUD FORMATION

There's your other explanation . Very common in meteorological terms


Lenticular clouds are stationary, lens-shaped clouds that typically form in the troposphere, often in mountainous areas where stable air currents are forced to rise over peaks. They are characterized by their distinctive saucer-like appearance, resembling lentils, and are usually aligned perpendicular to the wind direction. These clouds can appear quite striking, sometimes described as looking like UFOs or stacks of pancakes. Their formation occurs when moist air cools and condenses, creating smooth cloud patterns.

See Moscow example

Huge 'flying saucer cloud' looms over Moscow sparking 'alien invasion' fears

THIS spooky video shows a flying saucer shaped cloud formation floating across the Moscow sky line. The unusual weather phenomenon was filmed by an eyewitness with a smartphone who spotted it over …

www.thesun.co.uk

Not many mountains in Kansas ... where we see a lot of these lenticular clouds is over the San Bernadino's ... and they are shaped like a lens for a good reason ... smoke rings form for other reasons, mountains need not be present ...

Have you never seen a cigarette smoker blow smoke rings before? ... I'm too ashamed to post any videos ...