High Strangeness
Government-run webcams monitor Popocatepetl and eagle-eyed netizens spotted what appeared to be a UFO in the skies above shortly after it began spewing ash following a massive volcanic explosion late Monday evening.
Naturally, online speculation about alien visitors was rife, with some making light of such an unlikely scenario and others simply wanting to believe that the truth is out there.
"Visiting your planet and you don't even look up," a caption read above a cartoon one Twitter user shared of an alien being ignored by people on their smartphones.
But many were quick to burst the UFO bubble. "It's just a plane" or "it's a satellite" were the most common responses by the realists among the commenters.
Regardless of potential extraterrestrial activity or not, authorities have warned the public to avoid the area while the Level 2 Yellow alert is in place.
The initial eruption began at approximately 23:18 local time on Monday night, with the volcano launching cinders high into the sky before belching out a vast column of ash some 600 meters into the sky. A second eruption took place just 40 minutes later, launching volcanic debris into the surrounding area.
Comment: This appears to be a fairly common phenomenon - and not just at Popocatepetl:
- UFO seen grazing past Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico
- UFO spotted on Iceland volcano cam (Video)
- UFO: Volcano camera captures cloaking entity over Spain?
- Several UFOs seen flying over Yellowstone super-volcano
- Disc-shaped UFO photographed over Irazu volcano in Costa Rica
- Another UFO caught on camera diving into Popocatepetl volcano, Mexico
- UFO: Mexican TV network records bright 1 km long cylinder falling into volcano
- UFO filmed during eruption at Calbuco volcano, Chile
Reader Comments
As always, the "blurry indistinct" images are all part of the gag.
As always, the "blurry indistinct" images are all part of the gag.Not saying it's not a gag, but if they were super hi-res digital images you would still have an out by claiming they were digitally enhanced or altered.
UFOs are a life long passion for me and have been the subject of many past blogs, with one in the works on the Socorro Lonnie Zamora Incident.
One of my areas of special interest is the connection between UFOs and plasma, with my speculation being that some (not all) UFO incidents may represent interaction with plasma based life forms that are being affected by atmospheric meddling (EMF, nukes etc). They may pose as beings from other worlds in order to impart doom-laden warnings as a way to get through to us in a context we can relate to. I think the Project Condign report (which claimed UFOs to be merely plasmas that act as if they were under control but aren't) is a disinformation work to hide the possibility that plasma based UFOs (UAP) are actually a form of life that is attempting to defend itself.
Another area that eternally holds my attention is Project Blue Beam, but that's a whole other story...
RC