UFO or Strange Weather Phenomena over Maryland (enhanced version)

This video shows a possible UFO or strange phenomena of some type occurring at the cloud tops over Maryland. As a meteorologist I am not personally aware of what could be causing this but I am not an expert on optics. According to the MUFON report it was taken on 7-8-00 and witnessed by 8 to 10 people. It is important to note that I did not take this video. The original can be found in full here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IAGE9f0K1Q . I edited it down to the best portion and enhanced the contrast and saturation to better see the light. According to the report this was not the best portion of the sighting but that they only decided to record it during the last couple of minutes out of the 20 it allegedly lasted.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• UFO
• sightings
• Strange
• Weather
• Phenomena
• Maryland
• lights
• Jeremy
• Gilchrist

[eyewall41]

It turns out there is a benign explanation. It is ice crystals above a thunderstorm and when lightning strikes within the cloud (which you don't see in daylight because it is inside the cloud) the crystals are charged and re-oriented by the EM field generated by the strikes. There are other examples online. It is rare but it does occur and is a known phenomena.

[joininglife]

This happened in 2000 not 2009. I must have input the wrong year in the report by accident.

[eyewall41]

Thank you for the correction. It is a real solid case and I am happy you captured it.

[BeechSundowner]

Original video said it was near a thunderhead 8 to 10 miles away? Ball lightning is what comes to my mind.

[eyewall41]

Yeah I was originally thinking it may be some strange electrical phenomena because of that. From space they documented "jets" and "sprites" from the tops of thunderstorms so perhaps it is something along the lines of that kind of unexplained electrical discharge.

[risingstar11111]

wow..that was incredible. I tend not to believe that it would be any natural phenomena specifically because it would not be sudden erratic movements if it were natural...even Aurora Borialis and sun dogs are gradual....never sudden..very interesting clip!!

[eyewall41]

Yeah I don't know what to make of it in all honesty. It is definitely a solid unexplained case from all I can tell.

[anntig4r]

It is a UFO cloaked. They are here & have been here for many eons. lol.. They are NOT here to hurt us. They could of over taken us at any time. 

[jacklazzell]

upper atmospheric ice crystals. here in arizona, we experience them early morning or late evening, near the solstices

[tygesh]

Do you happen to have a local HAARP plant in the vicinity?

[famassk8er]

its prob the sun...idk

[achangegonecomee]

BEWARE of DECEPTION...... This is by man it is not natural

[peak199]

I am not saying this is fake,but exposier and focus issues come to mind.

[milldabeast519]

ionespheric heaters? HAARP!

[frozenassetsinAK]

aaarrrrggg hold still!!

[Suenell]

Well I'm glad you held your ground & didn't listen to that male voice that kept hounding you to move to another area. Your photography was fine there & indeed, if you had moved, you may have missed out on a couple of those reactions, whatever they were.