UFO? Meteor? No One Knows—Wild Conspiracy Theories Ignite Over Mysterious Clouds Menacingly Looming Over Alaska

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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.

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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.

Strange cloud formations over Alaska spark wild conspiracy theories

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.

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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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