Strange Phenomenon Seen over US Is Caught on Video: Shaft of Light Whips Over the Clouds

A video making its rounds on social media reportedly captured an extremely rare phenomenon that shows a beam of light waving around above the clouds. The anomaly, known as a “crown flash,” occurs when changing…

IJR SyndicatedApr 30, 20232 min read

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The nearly minute-long clip posted on Twitter appears to show a beam of light shining above the clouds, almost as if someone was waving around a flashlight.

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The Video quickly made it’s rounds across social media, with other experts confirming it was a crown flash. Still, the phenomenon stumped many.

“You’ve NOT seen a Weather phenomenon like THIS! What a spectacular optical effect. I have never heard of it myself. Spooky…love it,” BBC meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker wrote in retweeting Spann’s Video.

“Saw one myself about 9 years ago on some thunderstorms developing on the sea breeze. It was very bright and lasted for several minutes,” wrote Dan Satterfield, a Maryland meteorologist.

“I had never even heard of a crown flash, much less seen one,” another meteorologist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area wrote of the phenomenon. “Fascinating.”

However, some online questioned the Video’s authenticity and others suggested that it was actually footage taken from a previous occurrence.

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According to Newsweek, one of the latest recordings of a crown flash was in May of last year, when a video captured it in the clouds above Texas.

In August 2020, another crown flash was captured by a local Florida resident, who said he had watched the beam move about for over 10 minutes, Newsweek reported.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.