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Viral video shows 'figures' standing on top of clouds... or does it?

By T.K. Randall
January 2, 2025 · Comment icon 11 comments
Figures on clouds
Are these figures, or something else ? Image Credit: YouTube / mavi ufoalarm
This peculiar phenomenon has been generating some heated debate on social media over the last week.
Reportedly captured on camera by a passenger aboard a commercial airliner, this intriguing footage appears to show human-like figures standing on top of the clouds.

The figures, which remain motionless, stand out distinctly against the rest of the cloud layer and cast their own shadows, suggesting that there is actually something physically there.

The clip quickly racked up millions of views on social media, with users speculating over what exactly the passenger had captured on camera and whether the entire thing could be a hoax.

Some offered up tongue-in-cheek interpretations including one who jokingly suggested that it was a couple of server engineers performing maintenance on "the cloud".
But what exactly are these figures and how did they get on top of the clouds ?

One user was able to offer up what is most likely to be the correct explanation which is that the cloud is in fact a layer of thick fog and the 'figures' are vertical columns of steam from exhaust stacks located underneath.

From certain angles, they happen to resemble humanoid figures.

What do you think ?

You can check out the footage for yourself below.



Source: abplive.com | Comments (11)




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Comment icon #2 Posted by Still Waters 11 days ago
They look like they're on a beach.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Essan 11 days ago
The full size images show what it is more clearly (which, of course, is why the initial pic is a zoomed in crop)    (I've seen quite a few similar pics over the years)  
Comment icon #4 Posted by Bendy Demon 11 days ago
Intriguing images really. Funny what pareidolia can do to the mind.
Comment icon #5 Posted by Lucia62 11 days ago
At first glance I saw swans ?
Comment icon #6 Posted by joc 11 days ago
What did you see on second glance? Doh! Damn Rorcschach Test!  
Comment icon #7 Posted by Jon the frog 11 days ago
Just some industrial hub smoke ?
Comment icon #8 Posted by qxcontinuum 10 days ago
So I have seen something like this on a trip back from Turkey. I believe it was over the Romanian sky. I should find the photos somewhere.
Comment icon #9 Posted by kingsway 10 days ago
looks like sand too me
Comment icon #10 Posted by Amanda Evans 9 days ago
Obviously not people , but it's a really intriguing and unsettling image.
Comment icon #11 Posted by Bed of chaos 9 days ago
Look at the people on the right, towards end of video. Would someone standing on a cloud cast a shadow?


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