Alaska’s Enigma: Unraveling the Mystery Behind Menacing Clouds Sparks Wild Conspiracy Theories of UFOs and Meteors
Photos of a strange, worm-like cloud taken over Alaska’s Lazy Mountain prompted an investigation by Alaska State Troopers amid fears it could be a plane crash, a UFO or top secret Russian weapon.
Pictures posted to Facebook of the incident show a massive cloud plume on Thursday.
The photos sparked debate online as people questioned whether it could be a meteor, a crashed UFO or satellite, an eruption, and even a Russian weapon connected to the conflict in Ukraine.
The cloud garnered so much attention that Alaska State Troopers and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center began investigating for a possible plane crash.
‘There have been no reports of overdue aircraft or ELT activations indicating an aircraft crash,’ Alaska State Troopers reported in a release.
A rescue team on a helicopter flew a mission around the Lazy Mountain area this morning and located nothing suspicious and there were no signs of crashed aircraft.’
A strange, worm-like cloud, pictured, was photographed over Alaska’s Lazy Mountain, triggering talks of conspiracy theories ranging from the likes of a UFO crash and weapons test
The unidentified cloud and Alaska’s Lazy Mountains in the foreground
Online, theories ran wild.
‘We saw this on the way to school this morning as well. Very eerie!’ Christy Hronkin Swift wrote on the Palmer Alaska Buzz Facebook page.
‘Looks like a meteor. I wonder where it landed,’ Cassi Joi posted.
‘Could it be a satellite? It’s so strange,’ Shannon Del Vecchio Watson said.