Site statistics

34461 facts from 176 countries related to 1176 phenomena have been registered in Archive. 2799 of them were solved, another 10635 are under verification for compliance with one of the 319 versions.

2 facts have been added for last 24 hours.

Share your story

You are in "Archive" section

This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. United States

ID	#1705232201
Added	Sun, 14/01/2024
Author	July N.
Sources	youtube.com
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Result
Resume	Гало

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Source date:

06.05.2022

Location:

United States

This phenomenon, so rare to observe, was captured in Texas. The clouds released a ray of light, creating a beautiful sight.

Type:

Screenshot

Phenomena:

UFO

Source:

youtube.com

Type:

Video

Phenomena:

UFO

The extraordinary Crown Flash, filmed in the USA

Author: Meteored

May 6, 2022

Source:

youtube.com

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Halo

Halo usually appears around the Sun or moon, sometimes around other powerful light sources such as street lights. There are many types of halos, but they are mostly caused by ice crystals in Cirrus clouds at a height of 5-10 km in the upper troposphere. The form of the observed halo depends on the shape and arrangement of crystals. Reflected and refracted by the ice crystals, the light often turns into a spectrum, which makes halo look like a rainbow, but a halo in low light has a low chroma, which is associated with the peculiarities of twilight vision.

Events

Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)

Site: () Vehicle: Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) Payload: Starlink v1.5 G4-17-1 (Starlink 3870) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-2 (Starlink 3909) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-3 (Starlink 3872) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-4 (Starlink 3888) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-5 (Starlink 3890) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-6 (Starlink 3896) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-7 (Starlink 3899) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-8 (Starlink 3898) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-9 (Starlink 3856) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-10 (Starlink 3865) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-11 (Starlink 3900) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-12 (Starlink 3903) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-13 (Starlink 3885) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-14 (Starlink 3904) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-15 (Starlink 3863) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-16 (Starlink 3840) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-17 (Starlink 3873) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-18 (Starlink 3864) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-19 (Starlink 3828) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-20 (Starlink 3859) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-21 (Starlink 3862) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-22 (Starlink 3881) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-23 (Starlink 3879) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-24 (Starlink 3855) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-25 (Starlink 3882) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-26 (Starlink 3835) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-27 (Starlink 3860) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-28 (Starlink 3825) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-29 (Starlink 3878) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-30 (Starlink 3839) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-31 (Starlink 3842) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-32 (Starlink 3813) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-33 (Starlink 3875) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-34 (Starlink 3887) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-35 (Starlink 3913) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-36 (Starlink 3918) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-37 (Starlink 3902) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-38 (Starlink 3892) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-39 (Starlink 3923) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-40 (Starlink 3914) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-41 (Starlink 3908) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-42 (Starlink 3916) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-43 (Starlink 3883) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-44 (Starlink 3857) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-45 (Starlink 3905) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-46 (Starlink 3871) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-47 (Starlink 3884) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-48 (Starlink 3925) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-49 (Starlink 3894) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-50 (Starlink 3866) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-51 (Starlink 3907) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-52 (Starlink 3912) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-53 (Starlink 3861) Starlink v1.5 G4-17-1, ..., G47-53

Investigation

Versions testing, their confirmation or refutation. Additional information, notes during the study of materials

This is a phenomenon they callThe Crown flash. This is a rare optical effect caused by the alignment of ice crystals. Ice crystals are affected by electric fields around the cloud, and they reflect or refract sunlight in different directions. When the electric fields change due to lightning or other factors, the ice crystals also change their orientation, creating the appearance of flashing or dancing light.