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 tests
The unidentified cloud and Alaska’s Lazy Mountains in the foreground
Some explanations given for it include a meteor, a crashed UFO, an eruption, or even a Russian weapon connected to the conflict in Ukraine
On Thursday at around 7 am, photos of the incident show a massive cloud plume were posted to social media
Officials eventually offered a far more tame explanation for the bizarre cloud, claiming it was a contrail from a commercial jet
However, officials eventually offered a far more tame explanation for the bizarre cloud, claiming it was a contrail from a commercial jet.
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